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 · Aug 19
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 · Jun 2
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 · Apr 14
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 · Dec 4, 2025
Action demanded over toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in UK water supplies Cancer-related chemicals have been detected in the untreated ‘raw water sources’ used by seven UK water firms The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025
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 · Nov 3, 2025
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 · Sep 7, 2025
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 · May 16, 2025
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 · Jan 16, 2025
‘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 · Dec 7, 2024
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 · Nov 18, 2024
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 · Jun 4, 2024
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 · Mar 26, 2024
‘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 The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2023 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 · Oct 19, 2022 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 · Sep 23, 2022 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