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Firm raises £1bn in investment – half from Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund – to improve network over five yearsSevern Trent is to increase customers’ bills by almost 37% by the end of the decade and has raised £1bn in investment – half from Qatar’s sover…
Fewer than half of companies meeting their targets on leaks, says the regulator, OfwatWater companies in England and Wales have been ordered to return £114m to customers through lower bills next year because progress on leakage and sewage spills has be…
Militant pensioner says a majority want a traditional feature but project leaders call row an attack on democracyIlkley is an affluent, leafy town, one point of Yorkshire’s “Golden Triangle” where average house prices top £560,000. Last year it was nam…
Farmers found guilty of crimes against environment for tapping aqueduct feeding Unesco-listed Donana national parkFive siblings have been jailed for more than three years for illegally extracting water from an aqueduct feeding a Unesco-listed Spanish n…
Louisiana residents who rely on river for drinking water warned of potential health risks in next few weeksThe New Orleans mayor, LaToya Cantrell, signed an emergency declaration for the city on Friday amid concerns about saltwater from the the Gulf of…
Anand Malligavad turned to centuries-old knowledge to reclaim dozens of lakes in the high-tech capital of Bengaluru. Now, he is in demand across India, one of the world’s most water-stressed nations.
Water remained contaminated in Benton Harbor, 175 miles from Flint, as state regulators attempted fixes that failed for three yearsIn the aftermath of the Flint water crisis, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2016 established a new lead c…
More water company regulations and improvements at treatment plants needed to protect rivers, say authorsPollution from treated and untreated sewage is the greatest threat to river biodiversity, causing more damage than runoff from farms, according to …
BlueTriton, the company that owns Arrowhead brand, has been taking water from San Bernardino springs for more than 100 yearsCalifornia has ordered the company that owns Arrowhead bottled water to stop using some of the natural springs it has utilized f…
Underinvestment in infrastructure will have serious consequences for environment and security of water supplies, committee saysThérèse Coffey has been “complacent” in dealing with water companies, risking water shortages as well as extreme environmenta…