26 Mar 2026
Image description: Ecologically damaging Blue Green algae blooms (cyanobacteria), close up from river bank along Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. A High Court challenge has been launched by an eel fisherman against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) over the Lough Neagh pollution crisis. The judicial review his being brought against DAERA by eel fisher […]
19 Mar 2026
Image description: A child standing on a paddleboard wearing a green safety jacket and brightly-coloured swimming trunks. Photo by Ben White on Unsplash The deterioration of water quality in the UK’s largest lake now threatens to intersect with another public health crisis, the rise of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, the so called ‘Superbugs’. As […]
19 Mar 2026
Image description: A silver car submerged in flood water. Photo by Wes Warren on Unsplash More than 600 projects in England will be receiving a share of £1.4bn in government funding to “help protect tens of thousands of homes and businesses”. The Environment Agency says that project plans span improved flood barriers and embankments […]
19 Mar 2026
Image description: Aerial view of a water treatment facility. Photo by Patrick Federi on Unsplash Thames Water has confirmed an improved rescue bid has been tabled by creditors for the UK’s largest water supplier but maintained talks are ongoing over the proposals. Thames Water’s lenders have reportedly put forward a £10bn rescue plan that […]
19 Mar 2026
Image description: A housebuilder working on the frame of a house-building project. Photo by Josh Olalde on Unsplash House-building plans in Kent are in jeopardy after South East Water has warned that it has the capacity to supply water to only one third of all the new homes being planned. The blueprint for 23,000 […]
12 Mar 2026
Image description: A person holding out a glass filled with water. The glass is in sharp focus while the person is blurred in the background. Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash. Ofwat fines South East Water £22m Ofwat has announced South East Water is to be fined £22m for repeated supply failures in Kent […]
12 Mar 2026
Image description: Elan Valley Reservoirs in Wales. Photo by Callum Blacoe on Unsplash. Ofwat’s new report, the Economic Impact of Water Supply Infrastructure Investment, has explored the economic growth case for significant investment in water supply infrastructure across England and Wales. The study examined how investment in new assets – such as reservoirs, bulk […]
12 Mar 2026
Photo description: Aerial view of water treatment plant. Photo by Patrick Federi on Unsplash. Welsh Water is set to pay a proposed £44.7m after the industry regulator found “serious and unacceptable” breaches in the supplier’s sewage and network services. The case is the seventh in a series of Ofwat investigations into all water and […]
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