21 Jul 2021
The Rivers Trust has given its reaction to the Environment Agency environmental performance report on the water industry. THE RIVERS TRUST RESPONSE TO WATER AND SEWERAGE COMPANY ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE REPORT: WINNING SLOWLY IS THE SAME AS LOSING The Environment Agency published its Environmental Performance Report for water and sewerage companies today, assessing nine water companies’ […]
13 Jul 2021
Southern Water has been sentenced to pay record £90 million in fines for widespread pollution after pleading guilty to 6,971 unpermitted sewage discharges. Southern Water has been handed a record £90 million fine after pleading guilty to thousands of illegal discharges of sewage which polluted rivers and coastal waters in Kent, Hampshire and Sussex. The […]
13 Jul 2021
The EA has released ‘Water and sewerage companies in England: environmental performance for 2020’. Chair’s foreword The progress made against the Environmental Performance Assessment’s (EPA) metrics over the last 5 years shows that clear targets and regulatory focus combined with investment in the environment delivers change. From 2020’s results there is welcome news that for […]
13 Jul 2021
From Ofwat In December 2020 we published a discussion paper on public value to which we received a number of helpful responses. This paper sets out the key themes from the responses. We provide our reflections on the points made and how we might build on this to support the delivery of further social and […]
06 Jul 2021
New report sets out the results of the Environment Agency’s determination of areas of water stress that took place in 2021. Additional company areas as a result of the 2021 determination: Cambridge Water Portsmouth Water South Staffordshire Water Severn Trent Water – excluding Chester zone Veolia Water Wessex Water South West Water – Bournemouth South […]
30 Jun 2021
Water UK’s chief executive has urged utility companies to sign up to the UN-backed Race to Zero on the first anniversary of its launch. South West and Welsh Water now join United Utilities, Anglian and Severn Trent in the decarbonisation pledge. From Water UK Water industry marks first anniversary as new members join Race to […]
18 May 2021
Ofwat has set out £2.8 billion in green recovery investment plans for the water sector which includes £850 million for completely new projects by 5 water companies and a further £1.9 billion of accelerated AMP7 & AMP8 future planned projects by 12 water companies in total. Severn Trent Water, South Staffs Water, South West Water, Thames Water, and United […]
11 May 2021
New Environment Bill provisions to tackle storm overflows – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The Environment Bill will include new legal duties to tackle sewage discharges into rivers and help protect our waterways. Three new measures on storm overflows, announced last month by Defra, will be added by government amendment to the Environment Bill later this year. The Bill […]
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