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Water Pollution

Article thumbnail: Wastewater discharging from a sewage treatment plant into river. Photographed in the West Midlands, UK.
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Save Britain's Rivers

Biggest water firms given top environmental status despite sewage spills

The Environment Agency admitted results were 'not good enough' but awarded United Utilities, Severn Trent Water and Wessex Water the highest status for performance

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Save Britain's Rivers

Sewage dumped in Scottish rivers 68 times a day - worst areas revealed

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Save Britain's Rivers

New sewage law will let Government spy on polluting water firms

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Save Britain's Rivers

Olympic heroes warn sewage pollution poses 'existential threat' to UK water sports

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Windermere 'unfit for bathing' as sewage blamed for algae breaching safe limit

Article thumbnail: File photo dated 07/10/09 of an Environment Agency worker treating the River Trent at Yoxall, Staffordshire, after it was contaminated with untreated sewage and cyanide. Water companies in England and Wales issued more than 5,500 alerts of sewage being discharged into coastal waters in the last year, a report says. PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday November 25, 2021. One in six days of the official bathing season were rendered "unswimmable" due to sewage pollution near beaches and other popular coastal spots, the report from Surfers Against Sewage said. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Sewage. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 07/10/09 of an Environment Agency worker treating the River Trent at Yoxall, Staffordshire, after it was contaminated with untreated sewage and cyanide. Water companies in England and Wales issued more than 5,500 alerts of sewage being discharged into coastal waters in the last year, a report says. PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday November 25, 2021. One in six days of the official bathing season were rendered "unswimmable" due to sewage pollution near beaches and other popular coastal spots, the report from Surfers Against Sewage said. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Sewage. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: People collecting bottled water at Freshwater car park in Brixham. Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first, following the discovery of small traces of a parasite in the local water network. Picture date: Friday May 17, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Brixham. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: People collecting bottled water at Freshwater car park in Brixham. Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first, following the discovery of small traces of a parasite in the local water network. Picture date: Friday May 17, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Brixham. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: home finances not tallying up for young family
Article thumbnail: home finances not tallying up for young family
Article thumbnail: London, UK, Jun 22 2024, Activists protest against dumping raw sewage in rivers, lake and the sea at the Restore Nature Now march for environmental protections. Organizations including the RSPB, WWF, National Trust, Extinction Rebellion and others united for the march. (Photo by: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: London, UK, Jun 22 2024, Activists protest against dumping raw sewage in rivers, lake and the sea at the Restore Nature Now march for environmental protections. Organizations including the RSPB, WWF, National Trust, Extinction Rebellion and others united for the march. (Photo by: Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)