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After Ofwat imposes two fines totalling £123m, environment secretary says ‘era of profiting from failure is over’Business live – latest updatesThames Water has been hit with a record £104m fine over environmental breaches involving sewage spills, after…
Chris Weston, boss of Britain’s biggest water company, faces questions over ‘paused’ executive bonus schemeThe chief executive of Thames Water has been ordered to tell MPs whether any executives have received payments from a controversial bonus package…
An inquiry found that Nestlé and French officials had concealed the company’s practice of filtering Perrier water it labels “natural.” The head of Nestlé has suggested that human activity is making pure water scarcer.
Firms among England and Wales suppliers facing record 81 investigations as sources say ‘polluter will pay’ for their costTwo of Britain’s biggest water companies, Thames Water and Anglian Water, face more than 50 criminal investigations between them as…
Report finds Nestlé used purification treatments that were unauthorised for natural mineral waterFrance’s lucrative mineral water industry is under scrutiny after a report by the senate found the French government had covered up a scandal over illegal …
Anglers say more than a third of freshwater sites breach phosphate levels for good ecological statusUK politics live – latest updatesCitizen testing of rivers in England and Wales by anglers reveals that more than a third of freshwater sites breach pho…
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…