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Investigation shows ageing assets and lack of funding could mean entire towns and villages vulnerable to floodingLives may be at risk if ministers proceed with cuts to England’s languishing canal network, experts have said.The climate crisis and a lack…
Firm prosecuted after unapproved material in tanks led to flakes and powder entering drinking water of 1.3m peopleAnglian Water has been fined a record £1.42m for contaminating the water supply.The company, which covers the east of England, received th…
Exclusive: Firm close to insolvency says using £3bn loan to pay ‘substantial’ bonuses is vital to retain senior managersMinisters plan to use new powers to block bosses from Thames Water taking bonuses worth hundreds of thousands of pounds as the compa…
Predicted dry, warm weather likely to increase pressure on rivers, whose flows are already far below normalExceptionally low river flows are predicted across the UK this summer as a drought becomes more likely, scientists have said.An update from the U…
The E.P.A. said it would maintain limits on the two most common “forever chemicals” in tap water. Rules for four others will be rolled back.
Sacred site of the Arabana people could get its most significant top-up in a generation as floods spread across the outbackSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereA pulse of flood water has surged into Kat…
Environment Agency recommends rationing water as UK sees driest start to spring in 69 yearsCrops are already failing in England because of drought conditions this spring, farmers have said.People should start to ration their water use, the Environment …
Exclusive: Government and water firms preparing for possible shortages as dry weather is expected to continueEngland is heading towards a drought this summer unless there is significant rainfall soon, as reservoir water levels dwindle.The government wi…
Leaked documents indicate Harita, owner of key nickel mine in Indonesia, did not reveal water contaminationOne of Indonesia’s largest nickel-mining companies, which supplies a mineral critical to the global electric car industry, did not tell the publi…
A new proposal to combat PFAS contamination, announced by the Environmental Protection Agency, left critical questions unanswered.