Water bills set to soar: ‘Brits face up to 40% increase’

Water companies seek to pass on the costs of addressing sewage issues

Largest criminal investigation into potential sewage permit breaches launched

The Environment Agency’s initial assessment suggests “widespread” and “serious” non-compliance of environmental permit conditions by all water companies

Water firm attributes new hosepipe ban to rise in home working

Hosepipe ban by South East Water has been linked to increased water demand from remote workers

Wessex fined £300k for supplying undrinkable water

Residents in Newton Tony had previously complained about water’s taste and smell

Anglian Water slapped with £2.6m fine for discharging sewage in the North Sea

The Environment Agency officers uncovered Anglian Water’s monthly discharge of waste water equivalent to three Olympic swimming pools into the North Sea

South West introduces hosepipe ban with £1k fine for water use

A hosepipe ban has been extended to most of Devon, affecting around 390,000 homes

Britons urged to stop flushing the loo every time to save water

A senior water executive at Thames Water has urged Britons to consider not flushing the toilet after urinating and taking shorter showers to reduce water consumption

US nuclear plant ‘leaks 400k gallons of radioactive water’

Water containing radioactive tritium leaked from Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant in Minnesota in November

UN: World’s largest dams could lose quarter of capacity by 2050

The combined annual water use of India, China, Indonesia, France and Canada could be lost by mid-century, new study warns

Leaky loos costing households £49m a year

Anglian Water suggests a leaky loo wastes between 215 and 400 litres of clean drinking water every year