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Ofwat extends sewage dumping inquiry to include South West Water

Regulator expands investigation after suggestions water firm was not complying with legal obligations

The Guardian - UK

South West Water latest supplier to be probed by Ofwat over sewage treatment

South West Water adds to a growing list of water suppliers to come under investigation.

Birmingham Post

Activists take water regulator to court over sewage in English and Welsh rivers

Environmental group Wild Justice seeks judicial review of Ofwat’s alleged failure to monitor water firms and act on discharges

The Guardian - UK

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Severn Trent announces £30m fund to help extra 100,000 people struggling to pay water bills

It means 315,000 lowest income families could get 90% cut to their water charges

Birmingham Post

Ofwat could face legal action over sewage discharges in rivers

Environmentalists accuse England and Wales water regulator of failing to take action against polluters

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water dumped raw sewage into rivers 5,028 times in 2021

Campaigners say utility firm’s investment plan to remedy situation is ‘completely inadequate’

The Guardian - UK

Swimmer's shock at finding 'poo islands' floating in a river

A woman found huge mounds of sewage in the middle of a river in Somerset, prompting calls for more action to be taken to prevent pollution in the waterways

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Action demanded to stop 'huge poo islands' forming in rivers

Councillors in Somerset are pushing for a solution

Wales Online

Ofwat raises serious concerns over five water firms’ sewage treatment works

Regulator taking action against Anglian, Northumbrian, Thames, Wessex and Yorkshire Water

The Guardian - UK

Industry watchdog highlights 'serious concerns' over Northumbrian Water and four other suppliers

Northumbrian Water says it is working with regulators and that 'environment is at the heart of everything we do'

Chronicle Live

Regulator voices 'serious concerns' with water suppliers' sewage works

Ofwat said reports submitted by five firms had raised worries

Birmingham Post

It’s time Ofwat hit the polluters where it hurts – in their bonuses

Letter from water regulator to remuneration committees hardly lays down law over scandal of raw sewage discharges

The Guardian - UK

'Fat cat' water firm bosses earn £15m as amount of raw sewage dumped in rivers rockets

The average wage for bosses at the water and sewage companies in England was nearly £1.7m and their standard salary rise was 27%, a Mirror probe has revealed

Daily Mirror

Ofwat urged to do more to make water firms protect environment

Concerns government guidance will not bring an end to the ‘scandal of untreated sewage pollution’

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Sink or swim: Macquarie plunges back into crisis-hit UK water industry

Bank, described as a ‘kangaroo vampire’ over its handling of Thames Water, cleared by regulator to run Southern

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