water pollution

Calls to nationalise Thames Water as Brits face 40% increase in bills: 'A con and a disgrace'
Water bills

Calls to nationalise Thames Water as Brits face 40% increase in bills: 'A con and a disgrace'

Thames Water bills may need to rise by 40% by 2030, the company’s boss has warned – a figure campaigners have slammed as a 'con'
Time has been vital for my success – I can't imagine losing three hours a day walking for water
Ariyon Bakare

Time has been vital for my success – I can't imagine losing three hours a day walking for water

Apoocalypse Now: Joe Lycett vs Sewage on Channel 4 shames UK's privatised water companies
Joe Lycett on a toilet
TV

Apoocalypse Now: Joe Lycett vs Sewage on Channel 4 shames UK's privatised water companies

Activists welcome Labour crackdown on water bosses over illegal sewage dumps – but warn it's not enough
Water pollution

Activists welcome Labour crackdown on water bosses over illegal sewage dumps – but warn it's not enough

'Clean up the filth!': Labour wants to block bonuses for water firm bosses over sewage dumping
Sewage pollution

'Clean up the filth!': Labour wants to block bonuses for water firm bosses over sewage dumping

'Wake up and smell the s**t': Sewage dumped into UK waterways over 1,000 times a day, report says
Water pollution

'Wake up and smell the s**t': Sewage dumped into UK waterways over 1,000 times a day, report says

Thames Water forced to pay back millions to customers over pollution – but campaigners say it doesn't go far enough
Environment

Thames Water forced to pay back millions to customers over pollution – but campaigners say it doesn't go far enough

UK government may have broken law over sewage pumping. Could this be a 'turning point'?
Water pollution

UK government may have broken law over sewage pumping. Could this be a 'turning point'?

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit
Sewage spills

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit

‘The grubby tentacles are everywhere’: This UK sewage discharge map shows where waste is being pumped into nature reserves
Red dots across a map of England and Wales show the breadth of sewage spills in protected areas
Pollution

‘The grubby tentacles are everywhere’: This UK sewage discharge map shows where waste is being pumped into nature reserves

Senior Tory Damian Green says swimming in sewage ain’t what it used to be, to the absolute horror of viewers
Damian Green Peston sewage
Water pollution

Senior Tory Damian Green says swimming in sewage ain’t what it used to be, to the absolute horror of viewers

‘People are angry’: Will sewage sway how people vote in local elections?
Image on the left shows a polling station, image on the right shows river pollution
Water Pollution

‘People are angry’: Will sewage sway how people vote in local elections?

‘Record’ fine imposed on polluter is just 0.3% of pre-tax profits
River Pollution

‘Record’ fine imposed on polluter is just 0.3% of pre-tax profits

Your views on our water supply: wrecked by privatisation
Letters

Your views on our water supply: wrecked by privatisation

Meet the woman with a 'radical' solution to water pollution
Lizzie Carr, founder of Planet Patrol, sitting on a paddle board
Water pollution

Meet the woman with a 'radical' solution to water pollution

Water companies are 'wilfully misleading' the public over sewage claims, watchdog says
sewage

Water companies are 'wilfully misleading' the public over sewage claims, watchdog says

Water companies fouled our rivers, now they want us to pay to fix it
A dripping tap against dappled sunlight
Paul McNamee

Water companies fouled our rivers, now they want us to pay to fix it

4 big issues Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer failed to address in their speeches
Politics

4 big issues Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer failed to address in their speeches

The UK government still doesn't know what its environmental targets are
red poppies stand out on the green fields and blue sky
Environment Act

The UK government still doesn't know what its environmental targets are

Here's why sewage is being dumped into seas and rivers - and what you can do about it
The River Derwent. Tory MPs voted down amendments to stop water companies dumping sewage in rivers and seas. Photo: © Malcolm Coils (cc-by-sa/2.0)
Sewage pollution

Here's why sewage is being dumped into seas and rivers - and what you can do about it

Thames Water's daily leakage is equivalent to running a hosepipe for 73 years
Drought

Thames Water's daily leakage is equivalent to running a hosepipe for 73 years

Sewage dumped into sea at coastal resorts as heavy rain follows heatwave
Sewage pollution

Sewage dumped into sea at coastal resorts as heavy rain follows heatwave

Calls for polluters to face prison as water companies fail to tackle sewage problem
A river in some woodlands
River pollution

Calls for polluters to face prison as water companies fail to tackle sewage problem

How to respect the environment when wild swimming
Four people swim in brown, murky river water
Wild swimming

How to respect the environment when wild swimming

The government has refused to make water companies monitor how much sewage they're dumping in rivers
The River Wye
River pollution

The government has refused to make water companies monitor how much sewage they're dumping in rivers