Water management

Regulations approved by the Commons on Tuesday could allow the government to change how compliance with a raft of EU environmental legislation is judged, observers fear

Provisions in the Environment Bill relating to abstraction, water quality, drainage and water resource planning would “make sure that we have a cleaner, greener and more resilient country for the next generation”, according to DEFRA, but experts say the changes do not go far enough and could give future environment secretaries too much “wriggle room” to revise targets

Serious failures at sewage treatment works and ‘deliberate misreporting’ of their performance have led Ofwat to impose a £126m bill on Southern Water

Tensions are rising over the impact the High Speed 2 rail line (HS2) could have on rivers and water supplies in water-stressed areas along its route, following an increase in the volumes of water projected to be needed by the project

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced there will be an “environmental transformation” if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, in a new report on no deal preparations

Tens of millions of pounds of financial penalties have been issued by UK regulators in response to environmental crimes, with payouts getting ever-larger. Click through to view details of the 10 largest penalties to date

How ink spills, deposits from disused mines and non-toxic tracer dyes have caused the UK's rivers to turn unnatural shades

Why pollution in east London's river Lea is a huge and enduring problem, and what's being done to clean it up

With river and groundwater levels struggling and a squeeze on public water supplies looming, why are sales of home-sourced bottled water increasing and hundreds of millions of litres being exported out of the country? Rachel Salvidge investigates

The Seagrass Ocean Rescue project aims to restore a seagrass meadow's habitat and carbon-absorbing properties