05 Aug 2026
Photo credit: Sharon Waldron The Drinking Water Inspectorate has issued Thames Water a warning letter after finding “multiple and significant failures” in works that left a customer’s water supply mistakenly connected to a sewer in Kidlington, Oxfordshire. The letter, dated 23 July, follows the Inspectorate’s investigation into an incident that occurred on 4 March […]
09 Jul 2026
Photo credit: Swanky Fella Drinking water quality in England remained exceptionally high in 2025, even as ageing infrastructure and deteriorating asset health emerged as a threat to the long-term resilience of supplies. The Drinking Water Inspectorate’s Chief Inspector’s Annual Report found that 99.97 per cent of more than 3.5 million regulatory tests met the required […]
04 Jun 2026
Image description: A person in a grey jumper filling up a glass with tap water. Photo by SHTTEFAN on Unsplash A record fine South West Water has been fined a record £1.853 million at Exeter Magistrates’ Court after a faulty air valve allowed Cryptosporidium into the Brixham drinking water supply in 2024. 537 people were left […]
09 Apr 2026
Image description: A person wearing jeans and a denim shirt filling up a black water bottle with tap water. A bowl of fruit is blurred in the foreground. Photo by Bluewater Sweden on Unsplash Water Magazine has shone a spotlight on a new industry-backed initiative seeking to address a growing bottleneck in the UK […]
05 Jun 2024
From The Gurdian The drinking water regulator for England and Wales has brought only three prosecutions against water companies for providing poor quality water since 2021, despite 362 instances in which water was flagged as being unfit for human consumption. Periodically, members of the public or companies have informed the Drinking Water Inspectorate about water […]