Thames Among UK’s Worst-Polluting Water Firms as Incidents Rise October 23, 2025 By Priscila Azevedo Rocha Thames Water was among Britain’s most-polluting water companies last year as the total number of serious incidents jumped 60%, the...
This Pollution Lawsuit Could Reach Far Beyond Banks of River Wye in UK October 23, 2025 The River Wye used to be full of wild salmon. Today it is full of algae. And the meandering waterway...
Britain Will Make it Easier to Fine Water Firms for Pollution October 22, 2025 By Priscila Azevedo Rocha The UK plans to make it easier to fine water companies that harm the environment, ramping up pressure on firms...
Thames Water Tops List of Firms Facing Criminal Probes Over Pollution May 22, 2025 By Priscila Azevedo Rocha Thames Water tops a list of water companies under criminal investigation for pollution by the UK government, a move that...
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...
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...