Dear Friends We thought you might like to see Peter Hammond’s new data released today on sewage discharges outside heavy rainfall conditions – which are shocking. The Environment Agency (2021) used a definition of “heavy rainfall” unchallenged in a criminal case against Southern Water when it pleaded guilty to unlawful sewage pollution of 25-30 mm
WATER INDUSTRY RICH LIST REVEALED: BOSSES PAID £278M IN 11 YEARS AS SECTOR FACES OVERHAUL. Fat cat water company bosses have earned £278m over more than a decade, as hosepipe bans multiply and an independent commission has today called for an overhaul of the privatised industry. Executive pay figures obtained by the Daily Mail
Water companies are wasting five times more water through leaky pipes than even a nationwide hosepipe ban could save, environmental campaigners say. Research by Greenpeace UK found that 2.87bn litres of water a day seep from leaky pipes in England and Wales. That is enough to fill 1,150 Olympic-sized swimming pools and amounts to a fifth of
Guardian piece Severn Trent has doubled the size of a long-term reward scheme for its new chief executive to as much as £3.1m and he could receive significantly more than his predecessor, despite anger over water bosses’ pay. The FTSE 100 water company said its long-term incentive plan (LTIP) would increase from 200% of new
I made the enquiry (Case: ENQ2025/40715) below on the 9th November and received the following responses below on the 8th December, my enquiry, “At what percentage level does the EA require water companies to report their spills for a full year?” The current Environment Agency expectation for Water Companies is to report for a minimum
Developed by bankers and financiers, the white paper benefits private equity at the expense of the environment and the public, giving the public no say over the future of water and letting illegally polluting water companies off the hook. Whilst some of the intent will draw across the board support e.g pre-pipe solutions such as
Dear Friends As you will know by now the OEP has published its report into the investigation into the regulation of combined sewage overflows. It can be no coincidence that the water report white paper was then immediately postponed. The Cunliffe report that underpins the White Paper, is predicated on the fact that the legislation is too
We should be outraged in the UK about the quality of our water, from sewage being dumped in lakes, rivers and seas. Indeed, we are at the bottom of the leaderboard when it comes to the cleanliness of our bathing waters. While the EU has strengthened its environmental protections, the UK has drifted away from those
Almost 4,000 people in England and Wales are taking legal action over what they allege is six years of sewage pollution that has devastated three rivers, including the Wye. In the largest environmental group action of recent times, 3,943 residents and business owners are seeking substantial damages from Welsh Water and the leading chicken producers Avara Foods Ltd and