The hosepipe ban in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight aims to protect the habitats of rivers in these regions

Regenerative practices designed to protect rivers will be supported by Severn Trent’s funding

Campaigners have claimed that the company dumped untreated water for more than 68,000 hours into rivers

The project is believed to be the largest purpose-built Nereda process plant in Europe

Ofwat expects water companies to publish plans that run up to March 2025 and they should support any forthcoming targets from government regarding improvements to river quality

The company pleaded guilty to two offences of river pollution that took place in 2017

The company plans to invest in a range of measures that aim to improve the Wharfe upstream of the bathing water

The EA Chief said the new regulating policy will mean much tougher punishment for the biggest polluters

A new report claims that agricultural waste and sewage are destroying waterbodies in the UK and could lead to certain species’ extinction

During wet weather, storm overflows act to prevent sewers becoming overloaded with a combination of sewage and rain and release diluted wastewater into rivers