Wessex Water has paid out more than £1m following a series of unpermitted discharges of sewage effluent from its Swanage Bay treatment works. Gareth Simkins looks into the payout’s implications
Water supplies in reservoirs across the country are well below capacity for the time of year and river flows and groundwater levels remain low, according to the Environment Agency (EA)
Shale gas company Cuadrilla’s recent announcement that it had worked out how to conduct hydraulic fracturing without crossing a seismic limit appears to have been premature
Offshore fossil fuel operations accidentally leaked more than 23 tonnes of oil and 256 tonnes of chemicals into the sea in 2017, according to data from trade body Oil and Gas UK
Crashing out of the EU without a deal could disrupt the supply of chemicals vital to treating drinking water, Thames Water chief executive Steve Robertson has said
Thames Water has blamed extreme weather on an increased level of leakage and a rise in customer complaints over the past year
The Environment Agency has proposed changes to its controversial new charging scheme only eight months after it entered into force. Gareth Simkins looks into the amendments
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A target to reduce emissions from agriculture to net zero should be set in legislation, according to Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, who has put forward an amendment to the agriculture bill on the issue
The Environment Agency is promising a transformation in how it assesses permit compliance. But many questions remain, finds Simon Pickstone
Techniques involving the deployment of specialist natural enemies including mites, bugs and fungi are being piloted in the UK in a bid to halt invasive species’ attempts to override native habitats. James Agyepong-Parsons reports from the frontline
Darren White is responsible for managing the environmental impacts of the biggest infrastructure project undertaken by the UK’s water industry. He talks to James Agyepong-Parsons about tackling the challenges raised by London’s super sewer scheme
With the UK set to leave the EU in six months, here's what we know so far about policy related to the water environment could change and the potential implications for practitioners
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