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Water regulator Ofwat said that the utility companies have been fined for missing targets in areas such as water supply interruptions.

Thames, Southern and nine other firms penalised after missing targets on pollution

"When it comes to delivering for their customers, too many water companies are falling short, and we are requiring them to return around £150 million to their customers."

Water bosses hoped a hosepipe ban would reduce water demand from 150 litres per person per day to 100, with most of England and Wales still considered in drought

Prolonged periods of intense heat affected large parts of the UK and Europe this summer. These conditions forced parts of the UK into an official drought, with restrictions on water use imposed for the first time since 2012. Despite recent autumnal weather, parts of the country remain firmly in drought.

A ban on non-essential water use could be imposed this month, leaked documents reveal

Labour MP Fleur Anderson has hit out at Thames Water over the incidents

Charity says strategy is unlawful and will allow storm overflows to dump raw sewage for next 28 years

Shocking pictures showed the polluted water spreading from the mouth of Deptford Creek, south-east London, into the Thames yesterday

Sutton resident Amie Battams said she had seen ‘fatbergs the size of rugby balls’ floating through the River Wandle

Lambeth Council made the suggestion in a letter to residents after 60 of 96 flats on an estate in south London tested positive for dangerous levels of lead in the water