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English water firms want to draw a line under the past. It won’t wash

Industry wants accountability to cover putting sewage spills right, not firms’ previous compliance

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on England’s water companies: a badly broken system

Editorial: Ministers were warned about the risks of private equity entering the sector but did nothing. Now we’re paying the price

The Guardian - UK

Martin Lewis reveals 'biggest' benefit worth £160 that millions of families are missing out on

Some of the poorest households could claim this benefit for help with their water bills

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‘The whole thing stinks’: water firms to pay £15bn to shareholders as customers foot sewage bill

With cost of cleanup to be passed on to bill payers, analysis shows they will also pay £624 more by 2030 to fund investor payouts

The Guardian - UK

Martin Lewis reveals 'biggest' benefit worth £160 which only 20 per cent claim

An incredible 5.7 million households are thought to be missing out on help with water bills

Wales Online

Water companies criticised for passing £10bn sewage bill on to customers

Clean water activists say industry’s promise to reduce pollution should not be taken on trust

The Guardian - UK

Pledges and apologies will not be enough to clear UK waters of raw sewage

Activists plan to keep holding firms to account as some suggest it is customers who should be compensated

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Water firms ‘sorry’ for 824 daily sewage spills in 2022

Companies have apologised for not acting quickly enough

The Independent UK

Britons face rising water bills for 100 years to fix sewage spills

Companies have apologised for not acting quickly enough to tackle sewage spills.

Evening Standard

Northumbrian Water secures £6m to fund four innovation projects

The company is holding its seventh innovation festival in Newcastle in the summer

Birmingham Post

Time to clean up the murky water business

Letters: Bill Kingdom says the Environment Agency and Ofwat have failed to perform, Dr Richard JF Bewley suggests mutualisation and Richard Davies wonders what the difference is between fly-tippers and water companies

The Guardian - UK

Lake or mistake? The row over water firms, drought and Abingdon’s new super-reservoir

A proposal for 150bn litres of storage in Oxfordshire is mired in controversy and distrust of a privatised water industry

The Guardian - UK

Work to start on improving sewage hit waters in Berwick after £50m funding secured

Northumbrian Water is working on a project to reduce spills from storm overflows at Tweedmouth and Spittal

Chronicle Live

Believe in tougher water regulation for England only when you see it

After the soft approach of the last three decades it is difficult to be convinced by talk of a new era

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The Week

What’s caused the big stink over Britain’s sewage?

Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has set out new plans to improve England’s water quality and clean up its rivers and coastal areas.

The Guardian - UK

Water firms to invest £1.6bn in improvements, says Ofwat

Regulator announces two-year plan in victory for campaigners pushing to clean up England’s rivers

Evening Standard

Ofwat wants to kick-start 31 schemes worth £1.6bn to improve water infrastructure

The regulator wants to approve 31 investment schemes that water companies have promised to begin sooner than planned.

Evening Standard

Ofwat launches crackdown on excessive bonuses for water company bosses

Move comes weeks after regulator moved to curb

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The Guardian - UK

Residents who do not pave over garden could receive water bill discount, Ofwat says

Cheaper rates could be applied to people in England and Wales who install water butts under plans unveiled by regulator

The Guardian - UK

Never mind the H20: this scheme to move water from Severn to Thames could be the new HS2

England’s water woes have a solution. But trying to move vast volumes of water from west to east is not it

The Guardian - UK

Water firms focused on returns at expense of environment, say peers

Lords committee criticises Ofwat for failing to ensure firms invested enough in sewage network

Evening Standard

Water companies ordered to stop dividends if services don’t improve

Since being privatised in 1989, English water firms have paid dividends of more than £65 billion to shareholders

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog to block shareholder payouts if water companies in England and Wales miss targets

Ofwat says new powers will be used if firms fail to reach performance and environmental goals

Evening Standard

Calls for Thames Water to stop dumping sewage in river after map reveals scale of issue in London

There are more than 100 storm overflow sites across the capital

Wales Online

Welsh Water plans to start installing smart meters to help reduce demand

It is one of the measures outlined in a draft water resources management plan

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