10 Nov 2016

Ofwat – carrot and stick – South West Water fine but Severn Trent and Anglian are rewarded Ofwat proposes penalty for seven incidents as it rewards Severn Trent and Anglian Water for beating targets. The water regulator has proposed fining South West Water £1.7m for missing performance targets after a series of serious incidents of sewage […]

16 Feb 2016

South West Water looks to Rezatec to provide satellite-derived data analytics to understand location, structure and function of peatland on Bodmin Moor  Harwell, Oxfordshire, 9th February 2016 – For South West Water and the Mires Partnership on Exmoor understanding the underlying peatland structure and integrity is crucial for restoration planning. Rezatec has been using cutting […]

24 Nov 2015

South West Water: New Upstream Thinking programme to protect rivers The multi-award-winning Upstream Thinking partnership is expanding work to improve water quality in the region’s rivers with a new five-year programme. A partnership of South West Water, the Devon Wildlife Trust, the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, the Westcountry Rivers Trust and the Exmoor National Park Authority […]

04 Nov 2015

Environment Agency:   South West Water has been fined £214,000 by Plymouth Crown Court for breaching environmental controls at the Camels Head sewage treatment works in Plymouth and failing to stop sewage pouring into the River Tamar. This is the highest fine handed out to South West Water for a case brought by the Environment Agency. […]