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Water shortages could stall plans to build more than one million new homes

Trade body warns there is not enough water for UK’s data centre plans

The Independent UK · Jul 21

Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says

Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21

Hosepipe ban brought in for 2.4m people amid ongoing hot weather

South East Water said customers would be affected by restrictions in Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire.

Evening Standard · Jul 20

Southern Water fined £7m after dumping illegal sewage off Kent coast

The company was fined £90 million for nearly 7,000 incidents across Hampshire, Kent and Sussex

The Independent UK · Jul 17

Southern Water fined £7m over sewage pollution in Kent

The company pleaded guilty to 13 offences last April over sewage discharges at Margate and Broadstairs wastewater pumping stations.

Evening Standard · Jul 17

Entire row of terraced houses to be demolished after grandmother died in flooding

Chesterfield Borough Council said the demolition at Tapton Terrace was ’the only effective and viable’ solution

The Independent UK · Jul 3

How on earth do we use so much water? Let’s start with flushing and washing …

With water supplies across England facing increasing pressure, a new campaign is getting us all to think about how we can conserve this precious resource

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30

After removing 200 bags of waste from a polluted river, UK lawyer now faces prosecution

A UK lawyer and environmental campaigner who spent days helping volunteers clean a neglected river is now facing the possibility of prosecution. Paul Powlesland, founder of the River Roding Trust, led a 10-day effort to remove more than 200 bags of rubbish, weeds and silt from Alders Brook, a tributary…

The Times of India · Jun 22

Kidney cancer rates near Pfas factory in Lancashire a ‘major source of concern’

Experts cast doubt on conclusion of government-funded study of factory emitting forever chemicals near Blackpool

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19

England’s sewage spills: why citizen scientists want to test for pollution themselves

Thousands of volunteers across England now regularly take out their own testing kits to study the levels of pollution in rivers and the sea.

The Conversation · Jun 18