Newpaper Articles

Articles (in date order/newest at the bottom)

• 31 March 2021 water firms discharged raw sewage into english waters 400000 times last year

• 7 Sept 2021 Sewage discharge rules eased over fears of chemical shortage

• 22 Nov 2021 UK legal group warns of information blackout on sewage discharges

• 13 May 2022 Sewage dumps into English rivers widespread, criminal inquiry suspects

• 25 Aug 2022 UK sewage turning Channel and North Sea into dumping ground, say French MEPs

• 27 Aug 2022 Liz Truss allowed farmers to pollute England’s rivers after ‘slashing red tape’, say campaigners

• River pollution goes unchecked as testing in England falls to 10-year low 2 Sept 2022

• 14 Sept 2022 ‘We are not going away’: the volunteers fighting back against England’s polluted rivers

• Environment Agency knew sewage was being dumped into rivers years ago, leak reveals 1 Oct 2022

• Water companies forced to cut £150m from customers bills 3rd Oct 2022

• Protesters to take to beaches over sewage discharges into English seas 7 Oct 2022

• ‘Hot air’: plans to crack down on UK water polluters dismissed as toothless 15 Oct 2022

• River pollution: New phosphate rules hit thousands of planned new homes 24 October 2022

• This article gives a good account of the enormous impact of dairy farms on rivers in Devon 25 Oct 2022

• Massive sewage spill filmed at St Agnes beach in Cornwall 30 Oct 2022

• MPs who voted for sewage: Full list of MPs who voted to continue | Politics | News | Express.co.uk Oct 27, 2021

• Ministers have no idea how many beaches in England shut due to sewage | Pollution | The Guardian 6 Nov 2022

• 9 Nov 2022 Environment Agency Prosecutions 6% of the Level they were a Decade Ago

• Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in UK rivers close to factory farms | Th) e Independent 22 Nov 2022

• Swimming in superbugs: MRSA and E coli found in British rivers — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (en-GB) (thebureauinvestigates.com) November 22 2022

• Water companies dumping sewage during dry weather, SAS report finds 24 Nov 2022

• Water chiefs blame UK government for failure to stop sewage pollution 26 Nov 2022

• Government to weaken water pollution goals in ‘attack on nature 9 Dec 2022

• Target date for cleaning up waterways in England is moved back by 36 years 22 Dec 2022

• 6 Jan Bloomberg Thams Water Sewage Maps shows pollution in London

• 16 Jan Moody Ratings Agency downgrades outlook for UK Water Companies

• Sarah Jackson: British windsurfer says south coast like 'surfing in sewage everyday 27 Jan 2023

• Water company shareholders will need to help vulnerable customers bear the cost of living squeeze: Ofwat 27 Jan 2023

• Sewage Overspills result from lack of infrastructure Imperial College 30 Jan 2023

• Impending death of the River Wye 30 Jan 2023

• Water firms in England urged to upgrade sewage works for new homes 31st Jan 2023

• Contained in this Environment Plan is a promise to upgrade 160 wastewater treatment plans by 2027 (There are 7,078 sewage treatment works in England & Wales)31st Jan 2023

• Thames Water: Oxford City Council calls for end to water privatisation

• 'I do give a shit about water pollution' Therese Coffey 1st Feb 2023

• Kent: Sewage pours onto street 1st Feb 2023

• Water company prosecutions fall in England despite thousands of pollution warnings 1st Feb 2023

• Water bills to increase by most in almost 20 years from April 1st Feb 2023

• Water firms to lose public funds unless they pledge to stop UK sewage spills 1 Feb 2023

• Halifax MP writes to Yorkshire Water about appalling pollution of River Calder

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