24 Sep 2026
Image description: Groups of people enjoying the beach at Whitstable. Photo by Seongyeon Jo on Unsplash Southern Water has been fined £2.4m following multiple pollution incidents affecting coastal and freshwater environments around Faversham and Whitstable between 2019 and 2021. The prosecution, heard at Bromley Magistrates’ Court, is the Environment Agency’s second successful action against the […]
24 Sep 2026
Image description: A person casting a vote in a box. Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union at Ofwat are set to ballot on whether to strike over the lack of clarity about their future job security. It has been over a year since Defra endorsed […]
24 Sep 2026
Image description: A flooded town under a grey sky, taken during the Bingley Boxing Day floods in 2015. Photo by Chris Gallagher on Unsplash A growing threat to critical infrastructure The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has launched a call for evidence as part of its wider inquiry into climate adaptation and emergency response, […]
24 Sep 2026
Image description: Blue and white Thames Water logo on side of van EFRA committee’s verdict on the creditor bid The cross-party Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has published a report urging the government to reject the £10bn takeover proposal put forward by London & Valley Water (L&VW), a consortium of more than 100 […]
24 Sep 2026
Image description: Aerial image of a water treatment tanks. Photo by Ivan Bandura on Unsplash A £6m new sewage centre, the first of its kind in the UK, reportedly “supercharges” the process of treating waste, according to Severn Trent (ST). The BBC reports that Monkhouse Sewage Treatment, which operates outside Shrewsbury, treats and cleans […]
24 Sep 2026
Image description: Close up of a computer screen displaying stock market charts. Photo by Anne Nygård on Unsplash According to new CDP analysis of disclosures on water from over 6500 companies , published in their report titled Water, Trade and Capital: How water is reshaping geopolitics, supply chains and financial risk, only a fifth […]
24 Sep 2026
Image description: Panoramic views of yellowed fields Hertfordshire’s rural heartland. Photo by Jan Kraus on Unsplash Wildlife in England and Wales will be affected by the current drought for years to come, the government has said. The warnings come following the latest meeting of the National Drought Group of ministers, officials, water companies, […]
17 Sep 2026
Image description: Aerial view of Camps Reservoir, Biggar, Scotland. A road runs along the edge of the body of water. Photo by Johnny Briggs on Unsplash The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) has published a draft Corporate Plan setting out its priorities for the 2027–33 regulatory period. The independent economic regulator for Scotland’s […]
