The Environment Agency says it is taking a great number of steps to protect the River Wye from agricultural pollution – with numerous different factors affecting the quality of the river that are not in the control of the agency
Tag: Water Pollution
Farmer fined £750 after fish kill source traced back to fertiliser on his property
Farmer fined £750 after fish kill source traced back to fertiliser on his property
Do we know true scale of pollution in UK waters?
Is our bathing water more polluted than we think? We’ve seen documents which show that almost twice as many English bathing waters would fail pollution tests – if the regulator wasn’t legally allowed to disregard some of the worst results.
Water bills to rise by 6% from April
Water bills to rise by 6% from April
River Wye pollution prompts High Court review
The Environment Agency (EA) is being taken to the High Court over claims it has failed to protect the River Wye from agricultural pollution.
Sediment runoff from the land is killing NZ’s seas – it’s time to take action
Sediment runoff from the land is killing NZ’s seas – it’s time to take action
Progress in project to clean up metal polluted Cumbrian river
A project to clean up the ‘most metal polluted river in northern England’ located in North Cumbria is underway.
NRW secures £42,000 fine against scrap metal firm
The Welsh regulator, Natural Resources Wales (NRW), has announced that a scrap metal firm has been ordered to pay more than £42,000 for permit breaches. In a statement yesterday (11 January), NRW outlined that Ammanford Recycling Ltd was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court on 5 January 2024. The company was fined a total of £42,000 […]
You are what you drink: 250,000 plastic particles in bottled water
New research suggests the number of invisible pieces of plastic being consumed by the public is significantly higher than previously thought.
Outcry as hedgerow protection law removed
Various wildlife conservation charities have voiced their concerns after rules which protect hedgerows and stop farmers from causing excessive river pollution ended recently.