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UK ministers explore raising price of water for some users amid shortages https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/water-shortages-uk-supply-raising-price #Water #EnvironmentAgency #WaterIndustry #Business #Environment #UkNews #Politics

UK ministers explore raising price of water for some users amid shortages https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/water-shortages-uk-supply-raising-price #Water #EnvironmentAgency #WaterIndustry #Business #Environment #UkNews #Politics

UK ministers explore raising price of water for some users amid shortages https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/water-shortages-uk-supply-raising-price #Water #EnvironmentAgency #WaterIndustry #Business #Environment #UkNews #Politics

UK ministers explore raising price of water for some users amid shortages https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/water-shortages-uk-supply-raising-price #Water #EnvironmentAgency #WaterIndustry #Business #Environment #UkNews #Politics

UK ministers explore raising price of water for some users amid shortages
By Pippa Neill Environment reporter

Environment Agency says talks under way about increasing prices for industrial users to try to reduce poor water management

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/water-shortages-uk-supply-raising-price

#Water #EnvironmentAgency #Waterindustry #Business #Environment #UKnews #Politics #TheGuardian #PippaNeillEnvironmentreporter

UK ministers explore raising price of water for some users amid shortages
By Pippa Neill Environment reporter

Environment Agency says talks under way about increasing prices for industrial users to try to reduce poor water management

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/water-shortages-uk-supply-raising-price

#Water #EnvironmentAgency #Waterindustry #Business #Environment #UKnews #Politics #TheGuardian #PippaNeillEnvironmentreporter

UK ministers explore raising price of water for some users amid shortages
By Pippa Neill Environment reporter

Environment Agency says talks under way about increasing prices for industrial users to try to reduce poor water management

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/water-shortages-uk-supply-raising-price

#Water #EnvironmentAgency #Waterindustry #Business #Environment #UKnews #Politics #TheGuardian #PippaNeillEnvironmentreporter

UK ministers explore raising price of water for some users amid shortages
By Pippa Neill Environment reporter

Environment Agency says talks under way about increasing prices for industrial users to try to reduce poor water management

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/water-shortages-uk-supply-raising-price

#Water #EnvironmentAgency #Waterindustry #Business #Environment #UKnews #Politics #TheGuardian #PippaNeillEnvironmentreporter

‘It smelled like dead people’: the plan to tackle England’s illegal waste problem
By Pippa Neill Environment reporter

Andy Burnham has announced a crackdown, but doubts remain over authorities’ ability to take on organised crime

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/02/plan-tackle-uk-waste-crime-illegal-dumps

#Waste #UKnews #Environment #EnvironmentAgency #AndyBurnham #AngelaEagle #WestYorkshire #Bradford #TheGuardian #PippaNeillEnvironmentreporter

Amber heat health alerts issued across almost ALL of England as mercury forecast to hit 36C this week

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-heatwave-amber-heat-health-37536106

Leaving aside the emissions (bad enough), the following bears re-reading

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/04/plastic-manufacturer-legal-action-emissions-toxic-carcinogenic-chemical-environment

‘However, EA documents show this new process “periodically paused”, with benzene consequently emitted directly to the air. The documents also show the EA was aware of this problem in 2023, but did not investigate until this year.’

#Criminalnegligence anyone? Should the EA and Huntsman both be in the dock?

#Environment #EnvironmentAgency #Negligence #Pollution #Carcinogens #UKPol #Criminality

#Sewage dumped illegally in #Windermere over 3 years

by Joe Crowley
October 17, 2024

"A water company repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into one of #ngland's most famous lakes over a three-year period, the BBC can reveal.

"More than 140 million litres of waste were pumped into Windermere between 2021 and 2023 at times when it was not permitted, our analysis shows, and #UnitedUtilities failed to report most of it.

"It means the company's #IllegalDumping of #sewage into the lake went on for far longer, and was far more extensive, than was previously known.

"United Utilities said some of its sewage releases into #Windermere were 'potentially non-compliant' but that it #SelfReports 'over 94% of potential pollution incidents to the #EnvironmentAgency'.

"Matt Staniek, a campaigner against sewage pollution and founder of #SaveWindermere, said Windermere was 'the jewel in the crown of the #LakeDistrict #NationalPark, and it's being used as an open sewer'.

"It is sometimes necessary to release sewage into rivers and lakes to stop the wastewater system from being overwhelmed by #HeavyRain but this #pollution can damage the environment, causing harmful #AlgalBlooms and even killing fish.

"In January this year - after BBC Panorama revealed the company had downplayed the severity of dozens of #pollution incidents, some involving Windermere - United Utilities retrospectively reported some discharges into the lake from October 2023 onwards."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrj70dynk1o

#WaterIsLife #SelfReportingCompanies #Crapitalism #FishKill #IllegalDumping #UK

Top-rated UK water firms ‘dumped 1,374 illegal spills into rivers’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/13/top-rated-uk-water-firms-dumped-1374-spills-into-rivers #EnvironmentAgency #UnitedUtilities #Environment #SevernTrent #Utilities #Pollution #Business #UKnews #Rivers #Water

Sewage-spilling English water firms could be denied ‘top marks’ in rankings https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/20/sewage-spilling-english-water-firms-denied-top-marks-rankings #Executivepayandbonuses #EnvironmentAgency #UnitedUtilities #Waterindustry #SevernTrent #Environment #Pollution #Utilities #Business #England #UKnews #Water