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Calls for urgent law change as UK’s largest water reuse system cannot be switched on

Recycling system in Cambridgeshire development ready since 2021 is deemed not in line with drinking water rules

The Guardian - UK

South West Water fined £1.85m over parasite outbreak in Devon

Utility company pleaded guilty to criminal offence of supplying water unfit for humans

The Guardian - UK

South East Water chief executive to forgo his bonus over ‘unacceptable outages’

David Hinton will receive only his £400,000 salary this year after thousands of customers were left without water

The Guardian - UK

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Water plant that caused Tunbridge Wells supply failure was given risk notice in 2024

Watchdog investigating South East Water contamination issue had previously warned of potential health danger

The Guardian - UK

Action demanded over toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in UK water supplies

The Independent UK

Drinking Water Inspectorate ordered action over ‘forever chemicals’ risk

Analysis finds regulator for England and Wales raised issues with untreated water at facilities serving millions

The Guardian - UK

South West Water taken to court over cryptosporidium outbreak in Devon

Inspectorate issues summons after water supply infected 140 people with diarrhoea-type disease in Brixham last year

The Guardian - UK

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Anglian receives record £1.42m fine for drinking water failures

The company was found to have used unapproved plastic-based products to externally coat pipework submerged within some of their drinking water tanks.

Evening Standard

Revealed: drinking water sources in England polluted with forever chemicals

Exclusive: Water industry calls for PFAS ban after analysis of sampling data shows contamination across country

The Guardian - UK

‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down

Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water’s IT ‘falling apart’ and is hit by cyber-attacks, sources claim

Exclusive: Company relies on obsolete tech and there are troubling security gaps, Guardian investigation suggests

The Guardian - UK

Only three water company prosecutions in England and Wales for unfit drinking supply

Figures show breaches have rarely led to prosecution by Drinking Water Inspectorate since 2021

The Guardian - UK

A 5th Albuquerque Cop Resigns Amid Widening DWI Corruption Scandal

"There is a much bigger story here," the officer's lawyer says. "It goes outward and upward."

Reason

‘Forever chemicals’ found in drinking water sources across England

Exclusive: Experts ‘alarmed’ after potentially toxic chemicals detected in sources at 17 of England’s 18 water firms

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Scientists call on ministers to cut limits for ‘forever chemicals’ in UK tap water

Permitted levels of PFAS should be lowered tenfold and national chemicals agency created, says Royal Society of Chemistry

Belfast Live

Belfast and Co Down drinking water contamination 'concerns' raised at Council

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council was told this week a compliance notice for Drumaroad, which treats water from the Silent Valley reservoir, had been issued

Belfast Live

Drinking water: Some NI samples failing health-based standards on lead, E.coli, pesticides and more

NI Water tests reveal water standards are not being met in 15 of the 43 parameters measured

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