# 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](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/31/water-firms-discharged-raw-sewage-into-english-waters-400000-times-last-year?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other)

* [7 Sept 2021 Sewage discharge rules eased over fears of chemical shortage](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/22/uk-legal-group-warns-of-information-blackout-on-sewage-discharges)

- [22 Nov 2021 UK legal group warns of information blackout on sewage discharges](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/22/uk-legal-group-warns-of-information-blackout-on-sewage-discharges)

* [13 May 2022 Sewage dumps into English rivers widespread, criminal inquiry suspects](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/13/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](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/25/uk-sewage-in-channel-waters-unacceptable-say-french-meps)

* [27 Aug 2022 Liz Truss allowed farmers to pollute England’s rivers after ‘slashing red tape’, say campaigners](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/27/liz-truss-allowed-farmers-to-pollute-englands-rivers-after-slashing-red-tape-say-campaigners?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other)

- [River pollution goes unchecked as testing in England falls to 10-year low 2 Sept 2022](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/02/river-testing-england-fallen-sharply-decade-data)

* [14 Sept 2022 ‘We are not going away’: the volunteers fighting back against England’s polluted rivers](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/14/we-are-not-going-away-the-volunteers-fighting-back-against-englands-polluted-rivers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other)

- [Environment Agency knew sewage was being dumped into rivers years ago, leak reveals 1 Oct 2022](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/01/environment-agency-sewage-dumped-england-rivers-leak?fbclid=IwAR0GA44T4BNOywC4OEpmsGTnxbvzylvXVW1g5qaaVV7UotTOXlfbDsZzyXs)

* [Water companies forced to cut £150m from customers bills 3rd Oct 2022 ](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/03/water-companies-cut-bills-thames-southern-pollution)

- [Protesters to take to beaches over sewage discharges into English seas 7 Oct 2022](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/07/protesters-beaches-sewage-discharges-uk-seas)

* [‘Hot air’: plans to crack down on UK water polluters dismissed as toothless 15 Oct 2022](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/15/government-fine-polluting-water-firms-slammed-hot-air-environment-agency)

- [River pollution: New phosphate rules hit thousands of planned new homes 24 October 2022](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63285821)

* [This article gives a good account of the enormous impact of dairy farms on rivers in Devon 25 Oct 2022](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/25/two-thirds-of-cattle-farms-in-north-devon-cause-river-pollution)

- [Massive sewage spill filmed at St Agnes beach in Cornwall 30 Oct 2022](https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/massive-sewage-spill-filmed-st-7763596)

* [MPs who voted for sewage: Full list of MPs who voted to continue | Politics | News | Express.co.uk Oct 27, 2021](https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1511834/MPs-who-voted-for-sewage-dumping-river-sea-full-list-evg)

- [Ministers have no idea how many beaches in England shut due to sewage | Pollution | The Guardian 6 Nov 2022](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/06/ministers-have-no-idea-how-many-beaches-in-england-shut-due-to-sewage)

* [9 Nov 2022 Environment Agency Prosecutions
6% of the Level they were a Decade Ago](https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/09/uk-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](https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/uk-rivers-pollution-heath-antibiotics-b2229798.html)

* [Swimming in superbugs: MRSA and E coli found in British rivers — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (en-GB) (thebureauinvestigates.com) November 22 2022](https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-11-22/swimming-in-superbugs-mrsa-and-e-coli-found-in-british-rivers?x-craft-preview=ZjD7QlTGkz&token=l6ds_MZOZjh1H5TdrMw6OT7iZlnQ8I6b)

- [Water companies dumping sewage during dry weather, SAS report finds 24 Nov 2022](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/24/water-companies-dumping-sewage-during-dry-weather-sas-report-finds)

* [Water chiefs blame UK government for failure to stop sewage pollution 26 Nov 2022](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/26/water-chiefs-blame-uk-government-for-failure-to-stop-sewage-pollution) 

- [Government to weaken water pollution goals in ‘attack on nature 9 Dec 2022](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/09/government-to-weaken-water-pollution-goals-river-health)

* [Target date for cleaning up waterways in England is moved back by 36 years 22 Dec 2022](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/22/target-date-for-cleaning-up-waterways-in-england-is-moved-back-by-36-years)

- [6 Jan Bloomberg Thams Water Sewage Maps shows pollution in London](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-06/thames-water-sewage-map-shows-pollution-of-waterways-in-london-and-beyond)

* [16 Jan Moody Ratings Agency downgrades outlook for UK Water Companies](https://www.cityam.com/feeling-moody-us-ratings-agency-downgrades-outlook-for-uks-troubled-water-companies/)

- [Sarah Jackson: British windsurfer says south coast like 'surfing in sewage everyday 27 Jan 2023](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/64425314)

* [Water company shareholders will need to help vulnerable customers bear the cost of living squeeze: Ofwat 27 Jan 2023](https://www.cityam.com/water-company-shareholders-will-need-to-help-vulnerable-customers-bear-the-cost-of-living-squeeze-ofwat/) 

- [Sewage Overspills result from lack of infrastructure Imperial College 30 Jan 2023](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/242831/sewage-overspills-result-from-lack-infrastructure/)

* [Impending death of the River Wye 30 Jan 2023](https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/river-wye-death-uk-longest-best-loved-rivers-2108758?ITO=msn)

- [Water firms in England urged to upgrade sewage works for new homes 31st Jan 2023](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/31/water-firms-in-england-urged-to-upgrade-sewage-works-for-new-homes)

* [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](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/31/every-household-in-england-to-be-within-15-minutes-of-green-space-or-water)

- [Thames Water: Oxford City Council calls for end to water privatisation](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-64469016)

* ['I do give a shit about water pollution' Therese Coffey 1st Feb 2023](https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1729013/Therese-Coffey-water-pollution-environment-water-companies-ont)

- [Kent: Sewage pours onto street 1st Feb 2023](https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/horror-as-stinking-sewage-pours-out-onto-street-281437/)

* [Water company prosecutions fall in England despite thousands of pollution warnings 1st Feb 2023](https://www.ft.com/content/f05b7a5e-0445-47ed-968e-ce75ee14ce48)

- [Water bills to increase by most in almost 20 years from April 1st Feb 2023](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64489145)

* [Water firms to lose public funds unless they pledge to stop UK sewage spills 1 Feb 2023](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/01/water-firms-to-lose-public-funds-unless-they-make-plans-to-stop-uk-sewage-spills)

- [Halifax MP writes to Yorkshire Water about appalling pollution of River Calder](https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environment/appalled-halifax-mp-writes-to-yorkshire-water-over-report-showing-river-calder-was-uks-second-most-polluted-waterway-in-2021-4030475)
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