The Latest Breaking News from Environment Agency

Hundreds of pipes ‘could be dumping sewage illegally’, investigation finds

Welsh Water was found to have 184 sewage discharge pipes without permits

Wales Online · Aug 29, 2022

People 'must expect to drink water from sewage plants to save our supplies'

Environment Agency proposes that toilet water be deposited into rivers near treatment plants so it can be collected and processed

Wales Online · Aug 28, 2022

Britons need to be ‘less squeamish’ about drinking water from sewage, says agency head

Environment Agency chief calls for new attitudes to conserve water and avoid droughts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2022

Chi Onwurah slams Government after data reveals hundreds of sewage dumps have polluted Newcastle's waterways

Data has revealed that a total of 540 sewage dumps were made in waterways across central Newcastle in 2021

Chronicle Live · Aug 26, 2022

Local resident hits out at ‘putrid’ sewage outfalls turning Thames tributary brown

Sutton resident Amie Battams said she had seen ‘fatbergs the size of rugby balls’ floating through the River Wandle

Evening Standard · Aug 26, 2022

River-flow rates in England at lowest point since 2002, data shows

Exclusive: Experts warn drought could be start of three-year cycle with dire impacts on wildlife and environment

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2022

Thames tributary runs brown after ‘sewage outfall’

A Thames tributary has become the latest to suffer from sewage outfalls following an apparent storm discharge.

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2022

Hundreds of Nottinghamshire properties covered by new flood warning system

It will cover those at risk of flooding from Tottle Brook

Nottingham Post · Aug 25, 2022

Britain’s sewage crisis: ‘I only swam for 20 minutes but that evening I began to feel nauseous and dizzy’

The pollution of the country’s waterways has reached critical levels — as swimmers complain of sickness and wildlife becomes affected, Claire Cohen investigates who’s to blame

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2022

Liz Truss’s £235m cut to Environment Agency ‘doubled sewage discharge’

Raw sewage discharge doubled between 2016 and 2021, and Labour is blaming ‘efficiency savings’ by Tory leadership front runner

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022