Lots of surface water and sewage gushing into the Ouseburn occurring - both today and over the past month.

Source @MalingsAlmanac https://www.malmanac.uk

#ouseburn #newcastle #sewage #cso #surfacewater #rain #northumbrianwater

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"Water company executives who fail to co-operate or obstruct investigators looking into sewage spills can now be jailed for up to two years."

#UKPol #Environment #Pollution #Privatisation #ThamesWater #SouthernWater #AnglianWater #SevernTrentWater #CumbrianWater #YorkshireWater #NorthumbrianWater #WessexWater

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yrwl1wgdjo

Water bosses could now face jail for cover-ups

New powers mean law-breaking executives can be sent to prison for up to two years.

BBC News
Britain’s ‘broken’ water system: a history of death, denial and diarrhoea

The water regulator has issued a record £168m fine to Thames, Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water for a ‘catalogue of failure’ regarding illegal sewage discharges – with more fines expected to follow.

The Conversation

How about you give that money from fines back to the customers who have been screwed over by these selfish cowboys?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/06/water-companies-record-fine-sewage-thames-water-ofwat

#Sewage #UKPOL #Ukpolitics #ThamesWater #YorkshireWater #NorthumbrianWater

Three water firms face record total £168m fine after sewage investigation

Ofwat to penalise Thames, Northumbrian and Yorkshire for ‘catalogue of failure’ over illegal discharges

The Guardian
UK rivers and beaches have been heaped with pollution for years – when will we talk about restoration?

The penalties reflect the failings of the Environment Agency and Ofwat as much as the water companies

The Guardian
Information commissioner urges water firms to ‘be open’ about sewage spills

ICO calls on companies to be as transparent as possible with customers about waste release into rivers

The Guardian
Northumbrian Water told to publish raw sewage discharge data it tried to hide

Appeal tribunal orders firm to share details on hundreds of thousands of tonnes of outflows into North Sea

The Guardian
Northumbrian Water told to publish raw sewage discharge data it tried to hide

Appeal tribunal orders firm to share details on hundreds of thousands of tonnes of outflows into North Sea

The Guardian
Revealed: watchdogs and water bosses had dinner at private London club to discuss future

Exclusive: Meal attended by Environment Agency and Ofwat chairs attacked as outrageous example of ‘regulatory capture’

The Guardian