The Latest Breaking News from Welsh Water

Familiar concerns over bosses’ pay, prices and borrowing emerged in the utilities’ early years in private hands, with UK dubbed the ‘dirty man of Europe’

Welsh Water was unable to explain two sewage discharges into the River Wye

The Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service are testing the use of sewage water after struggling with low water supplies

Letters: Nationalisation dominates the debate, but there are other viable alternatives, writes Victor Adebowale

The pollution incidents mean DCWW has been downgraded for the second year running

Wales' largest water company caused 91 sewage pollution incidents in 2022 - up 9% from 2021

The privatisation of water companies in England and Wales was supposed to bring efficiency and investment to a vital sector that had been starved of public funding. But since 1989, the industry has failed to invest sufficiently in replacing antiquated pipes and sewage treatment systems.

We've looked in detail at the plans for a pumping station to cope with wastewater from the city's new suburb Plasdwr which is planned for Cardiff's Hailey Park

The two most active sewer discharges in England and Wales are in one Welsh river