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The Latest Breaking News from Yorkshire Water

Why are water bills going up so much?

Households are facing the largest rise in water bills since the privatisation of the industry 36 years ago.

Evening Standard

Government breached environmental rules over sewage overflows, watchdog finds

The Environment Department and regulators have two months to confirm they will take required steps to remedy the situation – or face court.

The Independent UK

Swimming status of Ilkley’s River Wharfe in limbo over sewage pollution

Stretch of river in West Yorkshire was first to get bathing status in 2020 but has since recorded poor water quality

The Guardian - UK

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Record number of English bathing sites classified as having poor water quality

River water quality distinctly worse than that of coastal bathing sites, results from tests for harmful bacteria found

The Guardian - UK

Which water companies are in financial trouble – and which paid out bonuses?

As regulators try to clamp down on water company bonuses, the PA news agency breaks down what is going on at each firm around the country.

Evening Standard

Water firms blocked from using billpayer cash for ‘unjustifiable’ bonuses

Thames Water is among nine firms that must ensure owners and shareholders pick up the tab for £6.8 million of executive bonuses.

The Independent UK

Water companies ordered to return £158m to customers next year after missing key targets

For the second year in a row, no company achieved the top rating, although four companies did show an improvement from last year.

Evening Standard

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Unresolved water complaints in England and Wales rise to near-decade high

Customer disputes over sewage spills, billing mistakes and water meters soar in past year

The Guardian - UK

Mapped: Sewage in English rivers as water companies face £168m in combined fines

Campaigners have welcomed the proposed fines but warned the penalties highlight the ‘sheer state of disrepair’ of the water and sewage industry

The Independent UK

UK rivers and beaches have been heaped with pollution for years – when will we talk about restoration?

The penalties reflect the failings of the Environment Agency and Ofwat as much as the water companies

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water faces record £104m fine over sewage spills

London’s water company among three firms facing combined £168m in fines for ‘catalogue of failure’ on sewage pollution

Evening Standard

Yorkshire Water bosses get hefty bonuses after company failed customers

CEO and CFO given total of £616,000 for a year in which some residents struggled to go about daily lives

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

Regulators urged to act over water companies’ record sewage discharge

Government asked to put ‘people and planet before profits’ as analysis shows potential illegal discharging of raw sewage

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The Guardian - UK

Defra’s failure to protect and restore water bodies ‘unlawful’, high court rules

Landmark finding in judicial review over management of Costa Beck river could force overhaul of government’s plans

The Guardian - UK

‘Shocking and sad’: photographer’s project reveals wildlife lost to pollution in Yorkshire’s River Wharfe

Mark Barrow returned to the site of an earlier shoot five years later and found aquatic life devastated by sewage

Evening Standard

Sewage lawsuit: Which water companies are involved and who could receive a payout?

Claims of under-reporting pollution incidents and overcharging customers will result in legal action against six English water corporations

The Guardian - UK

Public could receive hundreds of millions as water firms face sewage lawsuit

Class action legal claim on behalf of 20 million householders in England and Wales could top £800m in compensation

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The Guardian - UK

Yorkshire Water ad ridiculed over clips of Herefordshire and Russian bar

Video withdrawn but not before questions raised over competency at beleaguered utility company

Creative Bloq

Another company is in troubled waters after a silly stock video gaffe

It's happened again.

The Independent UK

Sewage floods because of four dumped suitcases

Yorkshire Water said it found a cover had been removed and the luggage had been ‘pushed into the network’

The Guardian - UK

England’s water firms should pay to fix illegal discharges, high court to hear

WildFish charity says £56bn plan to reduce sewage dumping from storm overflows is illegal because it expects customers to foot bill

The Independent UK

Thames Water crisis explained as utility giant serving 15m people faces collapse

The utility giant is struggling under a £14 billion debt pile

Birmingham Post

United Utilities defends 'robust and prudent' finances in wake of Thames Water crisis

United Utilities recently agreed to hand more than £300m to its shareholders

Daily Mirror

Bosses at nine water firms pocketed £13million last year - while YOU face higher bills

It follows reports water firms are planning to hike household bills by up to 40% to meet costs of the sewage crisis

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