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New Water Commission must create an environmental enforcer that is feared

The current division of responsibilities between Ofwat, the Environment Agency and Drinking Water Inspectorate hasn’t worked

The Guardian - UK

Water companies ask to raise bills by even more than first planned

Southern Water, Thames Water and others demanded steeper increases than set out earlier this year despite regulator Ofwat trying to reduce rises.

Evening Standard

Water companies push for higher bills again as customers face up to 84% hike

Utilities including beleaguered Thames Water have applied to the regulator, Ofwat, to hike tariffs so they can upgrade their networks

The Independent UK

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Southern Water seeks to borrow up to £4bn from investors

Move could increase pressure on utility companies turning to bond markets amid crisis at Thames Water

The Guardian - UK

Emergency plan drawn up for water to be imported from Norway in case of extreme drought

The move by Southern Water could see up to 45 million litres of water shipped to the UK per day in case of an ‘extreme drought emergency’

The Independent UK

Southern Water considers shipping supplies from Norwegian fjords to UK

Contingency plan using sea tankers to deal with future shortages would be paid for from customers’ bills

The Guardian - UK

Billpayers in England and Wales tricked into ‘stealth bailout’ of water companies

Campaign group challenges industry regulator over price rises for customers that will pay to upgrade infrastructure

The Guardian - UK

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Couple billed £12,000 by water companies for non-existent leak describe four-year ‘torture’

‘It was like torture – like water torture – like a steady drip’

The Independent UK

River Medway has dangerous levels of cancer causing toxic chemicals

Testing from the Environment Agency found substances that can be deadly to humans and wildlife

The Independent UK

‘It’s just raw profiteering’: the people refusing to pay their water bills in response to the sewage crisis

People across England and Wales are refusing to pay for water companies to dispose of sewage after sharp increases in spills

The Guardian - UK

Real-time water quality monitors installed at wild swimming spots in southern England

AI-based system designed to help people assess immediate risk of getting ill from water polluted with bacteria

The Guardian - UK

Southern Water boss handed £183,000 bonus despite huge rise in bills

Award for Lawrence Gosden comes after criticism of business plan and attempts to increase bills by 73%

The Guardian - UK

£1.2bn plan to turn sewage waste into drinking water branded a ‘white elephant’

Southern Water says it wants to protect rare chalk streams, but campaigners say it could pollute the Solent

The Guardian - UK

Water bills to rise by average of £94 over next five years in England and Wales

However, some regions will see greater increases – with Southern Water bills rising by £183, or 44 per cent

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Cheap sales, debt and foreign takeovers: how privatisation changed the water industry

Familiar concerns over bosses’ pay, prices and borrowing emerged in the utilities’ early years in private hands, with UK dubbed the ‘dirty man of Europe’

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer urged to act on water bill rises in England and Wales

Stephen Fry and other celebrities join unions and activists in calling on PM to launch review of water ownership

The Guardian - UK

Water firm seizes stake in Devon sewage protester’s home over unpaid bills

Imogen May has withheld payments since 2019 and is thought to be one of thousands boycotting water charges

The Guardian - UK

Only three water company prosecutions in England and Wales for unfit drinking supply

Figures show breaches have rarely led to prosecution by Drinking Water Inspectorate since 2021

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The Guardian - UK

Ofwat poised to refuse most suppliers’ requests for big price rises

Water watchdog decision on bills in England and Wales delayed until after election, as Thames crisis looms

The Guardian - UK

Fish deaths in England’s rivers rise tenfold in four years

More than 216,000 fish died in 2022-2023, when England recorded a 54% increase in sewage spills

The Independent UK

Water investors have withdrawn billions from private companies, analyst claims

Shareholder investment in top 10 water and sewage firms has decreased by £5.5bn since privatisation. while dividend payments have increased to £72.8bn

The Guardian - UK

About 2,000 homes in Hastings on fifth day with no water supply

Most of 32,500 properties back online after mains pipe burst but hundreds to go without for another night

Evening Standard

Water restored to 25,000 properties after East Sussex main burst

Around 7,500 properties are still without water, though supplies to about 6,000 are expected to be restored this evening

The Guardian - UK

Mains water begins returning to 32,500 East Sussex properties after pipe burst

Southern Water says supplies coming back to St Leonards-on-Sea and Hastings now that rupture in woodland area has been fixed

Evening Standard

More than 30,000 properties without water three days after main burst in Sussex

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.

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