Northumbrian Water fined £240k for sewage pollution

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

High levels of microplastics are ‘released from infant-feeding bottles’

Under certain conditions, kettles and infant-feeding bottles could release up to 16.2 million polypropylene microplastics per litre, according to a report

Coal Authority’s scheme to protect water source

A new scheme aimed at protecting the source of drinking water from contamination by mine water has been launched at Whitburn. It will stop mine water from entering the limestone rocks beneath the surface, which hold the water source for thousands of homes and businesses in South Tyneside and Sunderland. According to the Coal Authority, when […]

Energy from rivers ‘could heat one million UK homes’

At least one million homes and businesses across England could be heated by using a technology that takes heat from rivers and pumps it into the properties. A new ‘Water Source Heat Map’ has revealed the “secret energy” lies in more than 4,000 rivers, estuaries, canals and coastal sites across the country, which could provide […]