Thames Water is among six water companies to have blocked bonus payouts to bosses over serious pollution incidents and other performance issues. More than £4 million of potential bonuses were banned under new rules on performance-related executive pay, regulator Ofwat said. The powers were introduced in June as a result of concerns that the pay of […]
Category: Water Pollution
Lough Neagh algae blight is significant crisis for all Ireland, says McDonald
Lough Neagh is a “very significant crisis” for the whole island of Ireland, Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald has said. The lough, which is the UK and Ireland’s largest freshwater lake by surface area, was this year blighted by noxious blooms of blue-green algae for the third summer in a row. It saw the eel-fishing […]
Pollution enforcement action secures £150,000 for River Alyn restoration
Two construction companies have agreed to pay a total of £150,000 after repeated pollution incidents into Singrett Brook, a tributary of the River Alyn in Wrexham. Bellway Homes Ltd and Anwyl Construction Ltd, responsible for the Maes y Rhedyn and Fern Meadow/Dol Rhedyn housing developments, caused several silt pollution incidents between 2022 and 2024 due […]
Gloucestershire farmer to pay over £7,000 for slurry pollution
A Gloucestershire farmer has been ordered to pay £7,048 for illegally discharging slurry into a river due to a leaking pipe. The case brought by the Environment Agency was heard at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on Monday 29 September 2025. Timothy Juckes, age 48, of Tredington House Farm, Tredington, near Tewkesbury, pleaded guilty to illegally discharging […]
60% rise in serious water contamination raises food chain concerns
New data from the Environment Agency shows further surges in pollution events, potentially impacting crops and livestock. The official statistics show a 29% increase in incidents leading to pollutants entering Britain’s water system in 2024, or 2,801 individual events. Meanwhile, incidents defined as ‘serious’ rose by 60%. More significant cases of water contamination are particularly […]
Welsh Water fine cut from £1.35m to £120,000 after appeal
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has had a £1.35million fine reduced to £120,000 after winning an appeal at Caernarfon Crown Court. The not-for-profit company, based in Nelson, was fined in May for failing to properly monitor water quality at around 300 treatment sites. It had admitted 15 charges covering more than 800 offences committed during 2020 […]
The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye
Chris Hilson, Professor of Law, Director of the Centre for Climate and Justice, University of Reading. The River Wye used to be full of wild salmon. Today it is full of algae. And the meandering waterway which has long attracted anglers, hikers and poets is now the subject of a major pollution lawsuit. The case – against a […]
NRW to tackle pollution from abandoned Powys metal mines
Natural Resources Wales is looking to tackle pollution from abandoned metal mines in a community between Llanidloes and Machynlleth.
Pollution that killed 100,000 fish in Peterborough streams ‘has passed through’
Pollution that has killed more than 100,000 fish in streams running through Nene Park, Peterborough, “has passed through” says the Environment Agency. A spokesperson for the Environment Agency told CambsNews: “The pollution has passed through the river, and we are now seeing fish behaving like normal again.
Investigation into Nottinghamshire canal pollution from new estate amid dying fish
Ahousebuilder says it urgently trying to address an issue at a construction site that is polluting a Nottinghamshire canal. Parish councillors in the village of Awsworth say silt running into Awsworth Canal, which is popular with anglers, is causing fish to die.