February 2024 – Safe Avon

Enforcement

2 years ago

The government, the Environment Agency (EA) and Ofwat may be failing to comply with environmental law.

The government and regulators may have broken the law by failing to stem raw sewage dumping into rivers by water companies in England, the new independent environmental watchdog has said…

Water Companies

2 years ago

England is one of the few countries where water is fully owned by private companies.

Customer bills make up at least 96% of water company revenue, according to Guardian analysis of company accounts for 2023. The analysis of financial data for all 14 English water companies found the industry has paid close to 20p for every pound of revenue on servicing debt on average over the past five years…