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Thames Water fined £4 million after 30 hour waterfall of sewage discharge
Thames Water has now accrued £32.4m in fines since 2017 for 11 cases of water pollution. […]
Thames Water
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Thames Water fined £2.3m for raw sewage pollution incident
Judge says firm’s breach of environmental standards in 2016 amounted to ‘high negligence’ Thames Water, the UK’s largest water company, has been fined £2.3m for a pollution incident in 2016 that resulted in the death of […]
Water Pollution
Thames Water discharging raw sewage into Buckinghamshire river
River Chess Association say untreated sewage is causing untold harm to infant trout and other habitats Thames Water has been discharging untreated sewage into a chalk stream in Buckinghamshire, causing what campaigners say is untold harm to […]
Water Pollution
Thousands of south London homes report ‘dirty yellow tap water’
Thousands of homes in south London have been affected by “dirty yellow” tap water. Engineers are urgently fixing the damaged pipes which are affecting parts of Tooting, Wimbledon, Croydon, Mitcham and Raynes Park, Thames Water […]
Water Pollution
Oxford council backs bid to stop water firm dumping sewage in Thames
Council is latest to push for bathing status for a stretch of river in order to protect it Oxford has become the latest area to push for bathing water status for an area of river […]
Water Pollution
Raw sewage dumped in rivers near Tetbury and Fairford
Raw sewage was dumped in county rivers “hundreds of times” last year and one is “overrun with fungus”, a councillor has claimed. Gloucestershire’s Liberal Democrat leader Paul Hodgkinson said one river which flows through the […]
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Thames Water publishes environmental statement
It brings together four years of data in an accessible and transparent format to give a balanced view of the company’s performance against key ESG measures. It outlines performance against the following criteria: Environment: The […]
Water Pollution
Annsborough River: Cracked pipe caused chemical leak that killed fish
A cracked pipe in a water treatment works caused the chemical leak that killed 1,600 fish in a County Down river, Northern Ireland Water has said.
In Court
Sutton and East Surrey Water (SESW) prosecutes company for illegally taking water from mains
Sutton and East Surrey Water (SESW) has prosecuted Lanes Group plc for illegally filling tankers with water from its hydrants on two separate occasions whilst working on a contract for Thames Water.
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A water company has been fined £1m for polluting the Grand Union Canal.
A water company has been fined £1m for polluting the Grand Union canal with sewage from faulty inlet screens at a treatment plant in Hertfordshire.