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The Latest Breaking News from the Environment Agency

Risk of drought after UK experienced driest start to year for decades

Water companies have been warned they may have to implement measures including restrictions in the months ahead

The Independent UK

A torrent of special pleas from Thames Water

Company hopes to win big compromises from regulators to get its financial restructuring over the line

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water boss issues water restrictions warning amid drought risk

Thames Water has warned its 16 million customers there is potential for water restrictions if the weather stays dry

Evening Standard

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Revealed: England’s worst beaches for water quality

The Independent UK

Drought conditions already hitting UK crop production, farmers say

Environment Agency recommends rationing water as UK sees driest start to spring in 69 years

The Guardian - UK

Drought risk warning issued after England’s driest start to spring since 1956

The Environment Agency warns of possibility of drought – with more frequent dry summers to come as a result of climate change.

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Summer drought fears grow as England sees driest start to spring in 69 years

Environment Agency warns water companies may need to put in restrictions in the summer

Evening Standard

Summer drought and hosepipe ban fears as England experiences dry start to spring

While hosepipe bans are not currently on the table, Environment Agency warns that restrictions could become necessary

The Independent UK

Fly-tippers will have their vehicles crushed under new crackdown on ‘waste cowboys’

Drones will be used to identify cars and vans as prime minister Keir Starmer seeks to tackle ‘soaring’ problem

The Independent UK

More than 100 landfills in England may be leaching ‘highly hazardous’ waste

Inadequate record keeping means councils do not know whether former waste sites contain toxic substances

The Guardian - UK

Regulators have failed to deliver trusted and resilient water sector – watchdog

Consumer trust in the sector is at an all-time low, the National Audit Office found.

The Independent UK

UK spending watchdog censures water firms and regulators over sewage failings

NAO finds regulatory gaps have enabled overspending on infrastructure building while not improving sewage works

The Guardian - UK

Polluting water bosses face up to two years in jail for illegal sewage spills

Senior executives will also be banned from accepting bonuses if firms fail to meet Environment Agency’s standards

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Only three people ever prosecuted for covering up England’s illegal sewage spills

Employees of water firms who obstruct investigations into spills could face jail under new rules that come into force on Friday

The Independent UK

Shocking state of Britain’s waters revealed as bathing spots with potentially deadly bacteria double

Surge in coastlines, rivers and lakes with unsafe levels of E coli and intestinal enterococci due to sewage spills

Evening Standard

Flood warning issued for Devon after night of heavy rain

The Environment Agency issued the warning for the lower River Torridge, from Dolton to Bideford, including Taddiport and Weare Giffard.

The Guardian - UK

Water companies’ pollution incidents in England increased by 30% in 2024

The sector, which had been set a target to reduce spillages by 40%, needs ‘radical reform’, campaigners say

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UK weather: heavy rain warning issued for western England and Wales

Met Office expects a month’s worth of rain in 48 hours to end warm and dry spell

Evening Standard

Fresh concerns for wildlife after reports of second oil spill in River Wandle in two months

Fresh concerns have been raised about the health of a London waterway after footage shared online appeared to show another oil spill in the River Wandle.

The Independent UK

Work under way to clear illegal waste dumped at Kent beauty spot

Hoads Wood was described as an ‘environmental disaster’ by local people after it was buried under landfill waste.

The Independent UK

More than 1,000 flood schemes to be built or repaired across England

The projects comes as part of the Government’s £2.65 billion investment to protect homes and businesses from flooding.

The Guardian - UK

What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste – and ministers don’t care

Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at risk, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Regulators must not go soft on Thames Water now

With six bids on the table, the company’s reference to ‘support and accommodations’ sounds like a plea for special treatment

The Guardian - UK

Incidents at English hazardous industrial sites ‘going unchecked’

Staff crisis at Environment Agency, which helps monitor 950 sites, means it is hearing about incidents later than normal, insider says

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