News

NRW to tackle pollution from abandoned Powys metal mines

NRW to tackle pollution from abandoned Powys metal mines

waterynewsMar 25, 20242 min read

Natural Resources Wales is looking to tackle pollution from abandoned metal mines in a community between Llanidloes and Machynlleth.

£1m project to bring boost for wildlife and water quality starts

£1m project to bring boost for wildlife and water quality starts

waterynewsMar 8, 20244 min read

Work on a project to restore wetland habitat opens up 55km of river for fish and improve community access at a Tees Valley country park will…

Yorkshire tops £1.7m Enforcement Undertakings for 2023

Yorkshire tops £1.7m Enforcement Undertakings for 2023

waterynewsMar 4, 20245 min read

Penalties topping £1.7m were issued to companies across Yorkshire in 2023 for environmental offences.

Stream polluted by “negligent” Southern Water

Stream polluted by “negligent” Southern Water

waterynewsFeb 28, 20245 min read

2,000 fish die as double pump failure diverts sewage across fields into watercourse.

Hillside Dairy Farms fined over ‘grossly polluted’ Co Tyrone river

Hillside Dairy Farms fined over ‘grossly polluted’ Co Tyrone river

waterynewsFeb 27, 20241 min read

A Co Tyrone business has been fined £5,000 for polluting a river. Hillside Dairy Farms Ltd, at Camderry Road in Dromore, was charged with making a…

Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) offences

Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) offences

waterynewsFeb 26, 202411 min read

EPR can be used for offences related to regulated facilities, including waste operations, water discharge activities and flood risk activities.

40 projects to benefit from £25 million funding for natural flood management

40 projects to benefit from £25 million funding for natural flood management

waterynewsFeb 26, 20247 min read

40 projects across England set to benefit from £25 million funding for using nature to increase the nation’s flood resilience

Waste firm to pay £68,500 for liquid cyanide leak in Derbyshire

Waste firm to pay £68,500 for liquid cyanide leak in Derbyshire

waterynewsFeb 23, 20243 min read

Nottingham Crown Court told how liquid escaped from ruptured tank on lorry into nearby ponds killing fish.

Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the Government cracks down on poor performing companies.

Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the Government cracks down on poor performing companies.

waterynewsFeb 21, 20244 min read

Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the Government cracks down on poor performing companies, under plans announced today (20 February).

Severn Trent Water fined more than £2 million over river sewage pollution

Severn Trent Water fined more than £2 million over river sewage pollution

waterynewsFeb 20, 20242 min read

Huge amounts of raw sewage were discharged into the Trent from Strongford Wastewater Treatment Works near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.