UK’s Anglian Water Fined £1.4 Million Over Drinking Water Failures May 19, 2025 Britain’s Anglian Water was fined 1.4 million pounds ($1.9 million) over drinking water contamination, in the latest scandal in an...
UK Sewage Crisis Leaves Beachgoers Sick and Frustrated May 9, 2025 By Priscila Azevedo Rocha Charlie Clarke fell severely ill in late summer 2023 after a swim at Clevedon Marine Lake in southwest England while...
UK Water Bosses Face Up to Two Years in Prison for Polluting April 25, 2025 By Elena Mazneva Britain’s water company bosses will face up to two years in prison and be banned from taking bonuses for covering...
UK Court Blocks Class Action Lawsuit Against Water Companies Over Sewage Leaks March 7, 2025 By Upmanyu Trivedi A UK court blocked a class action lawsuit over allegations of the under reporting of sewage leaks by six water...
Maryland Sues Gore-Tex Maker Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollution December 30, 2024 By Lea Skene Maryland is suing the company that produces the waterproof material Gore-Tex often used for raincoats and other outdoor gear, alleging...
Group Calls New Jersey’s Toxic Waste Dump Settlement ‘Woefully Inadequate’ December 20, 2024 By Wayne Parry Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion...
London Protesters Demand Water Companies Clean Up Sewage-Tainted Rivers November 5, 2024 Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday...
British Water Companies Fight $2 Billion Lawsuits Over Sewage Pollution September 24, 2024 By Sam Tobin Six British water companies under-reported sewage discharges and overcharged millions of customers up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) as...
UK’s Thames Water Seeks Deal to Escape £104 Million Sewage Fine August 6, 2024 By Jessica Shankleman Cash-strapped Thames Water is seeking to strike a deal with its regulator to avoid a fine of £104 million ($133...
UK Water Companies Lambasted by Environment Agency for Sewage Releases July 23, 2024 By Sarah Young Britain’s Environment Agency on Tuesday lambasted the country’s water companies for spewing sewage into rivers and seas, saying the majority...