The Environment Agency (EA) has expanded its surveillance of the water network to record levels, completing over 10,000 inspections in the last year. The record number of inspections, up from 4,600 in 2024/2025, saw 22% of site visits uncovering at least one issue, down from 25% the previous year. In the past year, the EA’s…
Environment Agency increases checks on water companies in a bid to improve performance in the water industry 15:11, 31 Mar 2026Updated 16:19, 31 Mar 2026 One of Northumbrian Water’s treatment works Regulators uncovered almost 500 breaches of environmental rules by water companies in the North last year as they carried out a record number of…
Southern Water has been ordered to carry out more than 400 improvements by the Environment Agency to meet environmental standards and avoid further action. The regulator carried out over 730 inspections of the company’s wastewater sites during 2025–26, finding that 68% were meeting permit requirements. However, inspectors identified a number of concerns, including poor maintenance…
THE Environment Agency (EA) has told South West Water to fix scores of faults discovered at sites across Devon over the past year. Source link
French plans to support energy group EDF in the construction of six new nuclear reactors will come under EU scrutiny, Brussels announced Tuesday, with a probe to assess compliance with competition rules. The investigation will look into concerns that state aid could reinforce EDF’s market power and see Paris shoulder too much of the multibillion-euro…
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The recent decision in South East Water Ltd v The Environment Agency [2026] UKFTT 293 (GRC) raises an interesting question about how environmental “harm” is categorised under the Sentencing Council’s Environmental Offences Guideline (“Guideline”) and, specifically, how a Category 4 harm can ever apply to an offence where no risk of actual harm has occurred….
790 Environment Agency checks have been carried out in the last year across the West Country Author: Richard MuriePublished 6 hours agoLast updated 3 hours ago The Environment Agency has called for over 280 improvements at Wessex Water sites across the West Country following extensive inspections. In an effort to prevent pollution and enforce compliance…
Not knowing where its discharge points should be is an issue raised by the Environment Agency. Source link
Spring coastal defence works are under way in Sussex, shifting shingle and installing £250,000 of timber to protect 3,000 homes through 2027. Major coastal defence works are under way along the Sussex coastline as the Environment Agency begins its annual spring programme to protect thousands of homes and businesses from flooding. Part of a major…
