The Latest Breaking News on Droughts

Clean river campaigner says pollution poses threat as Labour MP calls for water industry to be taken into public ownership

Southern Water said in an update on Sunday it was ‘very sorry’ that people in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, and in Westfield were still without water.

Campaigners call for the whole regulatory system to be replaced after Observer analysis finds watchdog spent more than £25m with consultancies

Exclusive: Under Whitehall blueprint for water company some lenders could lose up to 40% of their money

Exclusive: Board to release turnaround proposals on Friday amid uncertainty over future of UK’s biggest and most heavily-indebted water firm

While the company believes it has cash to last 15 months, it will have to move fast to stave off insolvency

Ailing water company hopes higher bills can save it, but that depends on Ofwat agreeing its salvage plans are workable

Thames Water, like other water companies, had no debt at the time of privatisation. But since 1989, these utility firms have borrowed vast sums to pay out more than £65 billion in dividends. Privatisation was of course supposed to drive investment. Instead it has fallen. Taxpayers and bill payers have been…

Major reservoirs in southern India are dangerously low, with some filled to only 5%, raising concerns for water crisis.