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The Latest Breaking News from United Utilities

Every water firm in England and Wales under investigation over sewage spills

Ofwat opens cases against Severn Trent and three others, days after they faced criticism over huge bill rises

The Guardian - UK

The best long-term plan for Thames Water is to get it back on the stock market

The discipline of being a listed company should mean an end to the days of ultra-high leverage and opaque corporate structures

The Guardian - UK

Ruling paves way for businesses and public to sue water firms over sewage

Decision by supreme court means water companies could be sued for damage caused by dumping of human waste

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Lake District sewage campaigners launch nuisance complaint in legal first

Statutory nuisance complaint lodged by Save Windermere against United Utilities is a first over sewage pollution

The Guardian - UK

Protect Windermere from sewage, campaigners urge UK party leaders

Open letter signed by naturalist Chris Packham and comedian Paul Whitehouse says pollution is degrading lake

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey falls into Lake Windermere as he reveals Lib Dem plan to fix sewage crisis

Liberal Democrats want to abolish Ofwat and ban bonuses for water company chief executives

The Independent UK

Sewage alerts across UK mapped after ‘millions’ of litres dumped into Lake Windermere beauty spot

Raw sewage was pumped into the Unesco world heritage site for nearly 10 hours in February

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United Utilities raises investor payouts a day after Windermere sewage discharge revealed

Near-10% dividend increase follows allegation that water company failed to prevent illegal pollution for 10 hours in February

The Guardian - UK

"The right to swim is not just legal permission" – the wild swimmers planning their own Kinder trespass

Hundreds expected to break the law in protest at the historic site and other reservoirs around the UK

Advnture

Regulators urged to act over water companies’ record sewage discharge

Government asked to put ‘people and planet before profits’ as analysis shows potential illegal discharging of raw sewage

The Guardian - UK

Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage discharges

Call for environmental emergency to be declared after data reveals 105% rise in raw sewage discharges over past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

‘Poisoned by chemicals’: citizen scientists prove River Avon is polluted

Charity says the decline of invertebrates linked to chemicals in water while Environment Agency said Wiltshire river had not deteriorated

The Guardian - UK

Huge loss of invertebrates detected in stream feeding into Windermere

Campaigners say 76% decline in riverfly species’ abundance at Cunsey Beck is being caused by sewage discharges

The Guardian - UK

How we calculated the proportion of revenue English water firms use to pay off debt

Finding out the percentage from consumer bills used to service debt is tricky. We worked with industry experts to shed light on the issue

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Environment Agency failed to find cause of toxic pollution near Windermere

Exclusive: Report finds agency did not properly investigate event that killed hundreds of fish in Cunsey Beck in 2022

The Guardian - UK

Labour to urge MPs to ban bonuses for water firm bosses over sewage dumping

Motion will force Tory MPs to say whether bonuses can still be paid despite poor state of English and Welsh waterways

The Guardian - UK

Up to 70 days of suspected illegal dumps of sewage in Windermere in 2022, analysis finds

Researcher says data suggests permit conditions breached on up to 70 days, but United Utilities disputes findings

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Keeping taps on and boosting wildlife: the race to protect the Lake District’s water

Award-winning partnership is regenerating natural habitats in attempt to secure water supply as climate crisis worsens

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Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live: London house prices falling, index closes down 1.3% after late tumble, John Lewis chair to quit

Bets that US interest rates will stay higher for longer today continued to weigh on stock market sentiment.

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency failing to monitor water firms in England, data suggests

Watchdog is supposed to audit firms yearly to ensure they are not illegally dumping sewage, but 36% of audits since 2010 are missing

The Guardian - UK

United Utilities fined £800,000 for taking 22bn litres of water from aquifer

Company breached three-year rolling limit on abstraction licence at Fylde aquifer in 2018

Evening Standard

Sewage lawsuit: Which water companies are involved and who could receive a payout?

Claims of under-reporting pollution incidents and overcharging customers will result in legal action against six English water corporations

The Guardian - UK

Public could receive hundreds of millions as water firms face sewage lawsuit

Class action legal claim on behalf of 20 million householders in England and Wales could top £800m in compensation

The Independent UK

Huge sinkhole becomes tourist attraction in Manchester after sewer collapse

Collapsed sewer is blamed for gaping hole on Heywood Road

The Guardian - UK

‘Neighbours are fed up with it’: huge sinkhole closes Greater Manchester street

Six-metre-wide abyss in Prestwich believed to be caused by a collapsed sewer after heavy rains

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