Pollution management

Net-zero-focused innovation challenge launched

Boosting community engagement around blue-green infrastructure

Environment given top priority in Ofwat’s SPS

Ofwat’s SPS to be revealed

Anglian lays out £680m spend for 2022/23

Yorkshire fined for sewage spill

Yorkshire Water has been fined for a pollution incident in 2017 that caused the deaths of hundreds of fish in a waterway close to Bradford. A pumping station malfunction was not raised by the telemetry system, which meant the discharge was undetected for four days. The Environment Agency said Yorkshire reacted quickly when it became aware of the problem and upgraded equipment to protect the area.

Russell: Don’t ‘hide behind regulation’ on CSO action

Judges named for second year of water innovation contests

Northumbrian fined for pollution incidents in 2017

Water quality standards met at 99% of bathing sites

Yorkshire to invest £13m at bathing river site

Yorkshire Water has set out £13 million of investment to improve water quality in the River Wharfe in Ilkley which was the first inland bathing site designated last year. The company stressed that its interventions alone would not be sufficient to transform the river and called on stakeholders to work together to tackle pollution at source

Ofwat urged to limit executive bonuses for pollution failures

Scottish Water sets out CSO ambition

Yorkshire adds AI to CSO monitoring

The water sector looks ahead to 2022