Hopkins Estates prosecuted for illegal riverbank work in Somerset

Developer fined for digging new pond without permission and dumping soil on water vole burrows.




Severn Trent Water sewage pollution leads to charity donation

Severn Trent Water Ltd has paid £226,000 to the Trent Rivers Trust following a sewage pollution which caused the death of over 2,000 fish.




Shropshire farmer fined £800 for dumping illegal waste

Had the dust been left to decompose in the pit, it had the potential to have a negative impact on the localised groundwater




Chair of the Environment Agency statement on Ofwat’s PR19 determinations

Emma Howard Boyd welcomes Ofwat's determinations for 2020-2025.




Repairs underway as Environment Agency begins fixing damaged flood banks

Environment Agency teams are working to repair banks and defences damaged by more than twice the average autumn rainfall.