Sewage

The UK has an opportunity to build a sustainable, adaptive, resilient water system that works for everyone – but we need to think outside the box and beyond traditional methods, writes Lib Dem MP Wera Hobhouse

New legislation to receive Royal Assent, handing regulators fresh powers to ban water industry bonuses, impose tougher fines, and even pursue custodial sentences

Confirmation average bills are to rise 36 per cent sparks anger, but industry insists increases are essential for tackling sewage pollution

Office for Environmental Protection warns Defra, the Environment Agency, and Ofwat could face court action unless immediate efforts are made to remedy alleged breaches of laws governing sewage overflows

Ofwat fines three of England’s water suppliers multimillion-pound sums following 'biggest ever' wastewater management investigation

New data reveals how 10,000 people have been hospitalised with water-borne diseases since 2019

BBC investigation finds evidence of thousands of sewage discharges during dry weather conducted by every major English water company in 2022

Lib Dems provide more details on manifesto pledge to tackle sewage crisis and reform water industry by axing Ofwat in favour of new 'Clean Water Authority'

Actor Steve Coogan joins campaign calling for urgent action to tackle pollution in England's largest lake

Hogsmill and Beddington treatment works exporting enough green electricity to power more than 2,000 homes and businesses for six months