The Latest Breaking News from Southern Water

Southern Water customers will face a 53% increase in bills over the next five years.

The shock figures have been published by Ofwat

For the first time, anyone in England can now access real-time information of where combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are discharging untreated wastewater into our waterways. This week, all water companies published details of how anyone can access the status of thousands of “event duration monitors”, devices that are placed on…

As regulators try to clamp down on water company bonuses, the PA news agency breaks down what is going on at each firm around the country.

Eight other water firms won’t be using customers’ funds to pay bonuses

Southern’s latest downgrade by Fitch follows a similar move by ratings agency Moody’s earlier in November.

Company said it was ‘making progress’ on reducing pollution, after reports that it illegally pumped millions of litres of sewage into the lake.

Company close to technical default on some of its debt, underlining UK industry’s precarious state

Self-monitoring regime will change to plug loophole that allowed failing sewage plants to pass pollution checks