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Environment Agency and Trading Standards take action over allowing appalling animal health and environmental conditions at Honiton farm.
The operator of a Bristol nursing home is counting the cost of ignoring repeated warnings about inadequate septic tank discharge for several years.
Water companies in England achieve only 19 stars out of 36—the lowest since EPA began in 2011
Bolstered powers for Environment Agency to hold water companies to account
New and tighter metrics will give a more rounded view of water company performance and drive improvement.
Manor Farm Dairy has been prosecuted for allowing cattle slurry to overflow from a lagoon, polluting a nearby river for 4 kilometres.
A Gloucestershire farmer has been ordered to pay £7,048 for illegally discharging slurry into a river due to a leaking pipe.
Over £10 million in water company fines directed to restore local waterways through 51 projects aimed at cleaning up rivers, lakes and seas.
Companies dumped thousands of tonnes of waste in countryside as water board 'turned blind eye'
A guide for testing laboratories on the application of Laser Direct Infrared (LD-IR) for the microplastics characterisation
Pilot project tests water quality daily in Shrewsbury and Ludlow. Wild swimmers can access real-time water quality data through app launched last week.
With post-harvest fields vulnerable to heavy rainfall and run-off, farmers are urged to cultivate compacted soil and get winter crops established by 15 October.
Pair dumped waste close to river, farmland and houses
A statement of ambition on upcoming plastic pollution treaty negotiations signed by leading businesses and financial institutions.
Yorkshire Water has been fined £865,000 after a South Yorkshire water treatment works pumped out millions of litres of chlorinated water for almost a month.
Environment Agency investigation discovers drainage water pollution from runway discharge. Airport pleads guilty to charges of breaching environmental permits.
Muddy tracks led to nearby house where excavation work had taken place. Environment Agency prosecution resulted in fines and costs totalling £6,400.
Sewage pollution from water companies will be cut in half by the end of the decade, the Environment Secretary Steve Reed will pledge today (Sunday 20 July).
Some 50 brown trout in the Thames Valley have been given new homes as the dry spell has an increasingly challenging effect on wildlife and habitats.
Environment Agency investigation into sewage treatment plant at Clehonger. Water company admits exceeding permitted levels of ammonia 7 times in a year.
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