27 Mar 2025
Image description: Running water coming out of three faucets. Image by Pixabay. Hundreds of hectares of peatland is being restored in a project which aims to prevent Glasgow’s tap water turning brown during extreme rain. Loch Katrine, in the heart of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, supplies water to 1.3 million homes […]
27 Mar 2025
Image description: Two laptops with charts and reports. Image by Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich / Pexels. The record-breaking eighth asset management period (AMP8) comes at a critical time for the water sector in England and Wales. Next month AMP8 will begin its roll-out, which includes a doubling of capital works, while consumer bills are […]
27 Mar 2025
Image description: Overlapping pound notes. Image by Pixabay. Ofwat, the UK’s water regulator, has announced bonuses for water bosses in England could be banned this year for companies that spill sewage, break the law or mismanage their finances. New powers under the Water (Special Measures) Act mean the regulator can ban bonuses of water […]
20 Mar 2025
Last year, Professor Carolyn Roberts brought a landmark class action against six of England’s largest water companies for alleged breaches of environmental duties. The suit claimed the six defendants significantly under-reported pollution incidents, which allowed them to charge higher prices than would have been permitted if accurate reports had been made. This under-reporting was argued […]
20 Mar 2025
Water regulator Ofwat has concluded its investigation into Yorkshire Water, securing an enforcement package of £40m to be paid by the wastewater company. Their investigation found on average the firm discharged untreated wastewater into the region’s rivers for seven hours a day in 2023, with almost half its storm overflows found to be in breach […]
11 Mar 2025
Six of the UK’s biggest water companies may have to pay up to £510m in compensation after being accused of overcharging businesses, charities and local authorities by concealing the scale of their sewage spills. Environmental consultant Professor Carolyn Roberts and law firm RPC have issued letters to each of the six firms – Thames Water, […]
11 Mar 2025
In 2024, it was revealed United Utilities had repeatedly discharged millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into Lake Windermere over a three-year period. Environment Secretary Steve Reed has pledged that he will work toward a future where “only rainwater” enters England’s largest lake. The announcement comes as Reed and water minister Emma Hardy embark […]
11 Mar 2025
The Welsh and UK Government have announced a new £1 million joint research initiative to tackle water quality issues in the River Wye. The river, which runs for 130 miles from central Wales to the Severn Estuary, has seen its water quality and wildlife drastically decline after years of exposure to agricultural pollution, sewage discharges […]
