South West Water

The money will benefit watercourses in Plymouth as an alternative to prosecution by the Environment Agency

Severn Trent Water, South West Water and United Utilities customers will see reductions of between £18 and £43

It was taken to a local sewage treatment plant and used to produce energy

The incidents took place at its sewage treatment plants in Salcombe and Dartmouth between 2015 and 2016.

Ofwat is proposing payments for water companies that have outperformed and penalties for those that have underperformed. It has launched a consultation, which will run until 20th November, on the proposals to adjust the price control to be applied from April next year. All water companies have committed to improve their performance for 2015/20 based […]

South West Water has been ordered to pay more than £142,000 in fines and costs for two pollution incidents. According to the Environment Agency, poor quality effluent was discharged from two of its sewage treatment plants in Denbury, Devon and Praze an Beeble near Camborne, Cornwall. It added both sites breached the conditions of their […]

South West Water has been ordered to pay £86,000 in fines and costs for a sewage spill in Devon. According to the Environment Agency, sewage was discharged into Dawlish Water, a stream that runs through the centre of town, over a bank holiday weekend in August 2015. It states an alarm was triggered at 8.15am […]

The two companies plan to merge to provide retail water and sewerage services to the non-household sector

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the purchase of Bournemouth Water by South West Water. Its assessment found the merger “is not likely to prejudice” regulator Ofwat’s ability to compare water companies’ performance and set price controls. Bournemouth Water provides drinking water to 440,000 homes in Dorset and part of Wiltshire and South […]

A UK water company has been ordered to pay a £214,000 fine for breaching environmental controls. According to the Environment Agency (EA), South West Water did not operate and maintain the works on its plant in accordance with good practice and minimise the risk of pollution. The company failed to stop sewage pouring into River Tamar, the […]