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The Government has reinforced its commitment to improving water quality including through plans for water companies to eliminate harm from sewage discharges.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Environment Agency is monitoring 149 bathing water sites across Devon and Cornwall until 30 September.
The bathing water season started today (15 May) with the Environment Agency carrying out regular testing of water quality at designated bathing sites.
Dozens of fish killed in Cambridgeshire incident.
Part of the Wolvercote Mill Stream at Port Meadow, Oxford, and the East Cowes Esplanade on the Isle of Wight will be added to the list of bathing waters.
The Environment Secretary has selected Iain Coucher as the Government’s preferred candidate to succeed Jonson Cox as the Chair of Ofwat.
Environment Agency publishes Event Duration Monitoring data for 2021.
Consultation on the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan outlines a step change in how water companies tackle the number of discharges of untreated sewage.
A new charging framework for businesses, including water companies and farmers, that abstract more than 20 cubic metres of water a day from a river, stream, canal or groundwater, is being implemented by the Environment Agenc…
Remarks by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Water, 3 March 2022
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, World Water Tech Innovation Summit, 22 February 2022
Northumbrian Water has paid £165,000 to Tyne Rivers Trust after an unauthorised discharge led to a pollution incident near Newcastle.
Yorkshire Water pays Yorkshire Wildlife Trust £300,000 in an Enforcement Undertaking which has been accepted by the Environment Agency.
Water companies urged to do more to protect the environment and reduce storm overflows
99% of bathing waters in England have passed water quality standards following testing at over 400 designated sites carried out by the Environment Agency.
Northumbrian Water has been fined £240,000 for polluting a watercourse in a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency.
New statistics show the number of designated bathing waters meeting strict quality standards is the highest since 2015
Environment Agency Chief Executive Sir James Bevan's speech at a Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum conference on future environmental standards.
Environment Agency successfully prosecutes Severn Trent Water for sewage discharges.
Thames Water has now accrued £32.4m in fines since 2017 for 11 cases of water pollution.
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