Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Search jobs
Sign in

Water industry

July 2024

  • Jenny Quest is one of the citizen scientists who monitor water quality in the River Lavant.

    ‘People are incandescent…’ How sewage spills became a vote-winner for the Lib Dems

    Polluted chalk streams in England’s South Downs infuriated voters in Chichester, a seat that had been Conservative for a century
  • Bridge over river in urban area with couple walking along bank

    Ruling paves way for businesses and public to sue water firms over sewage

    Decision by supreme court means water companies could be sued for damage caused by dumping of human waste
  • Brown sewage foams on the River Thames

    Environment Agency refuses to reveal directors’ possible conflicts of interest

    Agency rejected FOI request about potential conflicts of financial and business interests held by regional directors

June 2024

  • Blackpool beach last week.

    Observer letters
    Come on in – the water’s full of sewage

  • Trees reflected in a tranquil river on a misty early morning

    Tory deputy chair dismissed sewage crisis as ‘political football’

  • A young woman in a Surfers Against Sewage wetsuit paddling a surfboard while wearing a gas mask

    Observer business agenda
    Will rising debt cause Thames Water to sink under a Labour government?

  • Thames Water sign at its HQ

    Thames Water board approved £150m payout hours before funding U-turn

  • Lake District sewage campaigners launch nuisance complaint in legal first

  • The broken years: Tory Britain 2010-24
    How Tory neglect flooded Britain’s rivers with sewage

  • Revealed: the ‘catastrophic scale’ of sewage spills in England and Wales

  • Brief letters
    In defence of the Environment Agency’s dedicated but overstretched staff

  • Marina Hyde’s campaign trail 2024
    Are Tories bent on scoring own goals? Alleged election betting shows real dedication

  • Brief letters
    Imagine there’s no Farage, it’s easy if you try

  • The long read
    Dirty waters: how the Environment Agency lost its way

  • The Guardian view on water privatisation: end an experiment that has failed

  • Can Labour clean up England’s dangerously dirty water?

  • Global heating will increase risk of parasite outbreaks, say South West Water owners

  • Severn Trent boss paid £3.2m despite firm’s fine for sewage spills in river

  • Protect Windermere from sewage, campaigners urge UK party leaders

  • Nils Pratley on finance
    South West Water owner’s boss should lose all bonuses after Devon parasite outbreak

    Nils Pratley
About 251 results for Water industry
1...345...
Explore more on these topics