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Lib Dems are also calling for urgent action on the ‘sewage crisis’

Environment Agency tells supplier to rethink plans to tackle droughts by pumping water from Thames and Severn

England’s water woes have a solution. But trying to move vast volumes of water from west to east is not it

Lords committee criticises Ofwat for failing to ensure firms invested enough in sewage network

Since being privatised in 1989, English water firms have paid dividends of more than £65 billion to shareholders

‘Drowning’ of village of Capel Celyn to provide water to Liverpool in the 60s remains an emotive issue

There are more than 100 storm overflow sites across the capital

Residents could be waiting two weeks before they can drink the water again

Plan would take water from river at Teddington and replace with ‘treated effluent’ to manage water levels elsewhere

Thames Water proposal to deal with droughts in capital draws ire of river users and environmentalists

UK environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has demanded that water companies share plans for how they will reduce sewage discharges into rivers. They could start by coming clean on how much sewage is being dumped. If we don’t know how much sewage is actually being released – for at least the…