Sewage

Environment Agency warns 'fundamental shift in culture and behaviour' is urgently needed across water sector to tackle dire pollution performance

Over 50 projects to tackle water pollution in rivers, lakes, and seas to access new funding pot

Latest enforcement decisions mean regulator has handed down more than £240m in wastewater fines during 2025, following five investigations

Watchdog closes two-year investigation into government over regulatory failures on sewage overflows, after securing 'significant progress' on issues raised

Cunliffe Review proposes nearly 90 separate reforms to tackle water industry's chronic poor performance, but critics warn plans 'won't stop sewage dumping or profiteering'

Environment Agency claims 'consistently poor performance' from England's water firms is driven by years of underinvestment and worsening climate impacts, as reports suggest Ofwat could be abolished

Government claims lion's share of £189m budget for water quality monitoring and other services over the coming year is set to be covered by permit charges and levy income from water companies

Water firms must pay higher compensation to customers for sewage and flooding issues as part of government's ongoing crackdown on the sector

Troubled water industry needs 'fundamental change' to help it combat chronic sewage, drought, planning, and underinvestment challenges, government-appointed Commission warns

Industry regulator Ofwat hands down its biggest ever fine to London and Southeast England water supplier following investigation into wastewater operations and shareholder payments