11 May 2021
From the Guardian Plans to build an energy-hungry desalination plant in the New Forest national park to provide drinking water for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have been condemned by campaigners including the broadcaster Chris Packham. Southern Water’s proposal for a £600m plant at Fawley to convert saltwater from the Solent into tap water during droughts […]
04 Jan 2017
These fines are piling up given recent changes in the scale of fines allowed, highlighting failures in investment and systems. The Environment Agency think this trend will decline up to 2020. Southern Water fined record £2m for sewage leak on Kent beaches Thanet council forced to close beaches for nine days due to ‘catastrophic’ leakage […]
04 Aug 2016
‘Southern Water is set to launch a pioneering integrated water cycle management programme (IWCM), according to its annual report for 2015-16. Via the IWCM the water company will develop collaborative partnerships with a range of industries, such as agriculture and tourism, in order to look holistically at all the factors influencing water supply, demand and […]
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