Opinion | The Guardian US1h ago
Listen to a grieving mother and have no doubts: water privatisation has been a lethal scandal | Clive Lewis https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/26/water-privatisation-lethal-scandal-grieving-mother-capitalist-system #Water #WaterIndustry #Pollution #Environment #Labour #Politics #UkNews
Listen to a grieving mother and have no doubts: water privatisation has been a lethal scandal

Progressives must wage a battle against a rotten capitalist system that milks our resources – and destroys lives. Let the fightback start with water, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

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Environment | The Guardian US3h ago
Sewage released into England’s rivers and seas nearly 300,000 times last year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/26/sewage-released-into-englands-rivers-and-seas-nearly-300000-times-last-year #Water #Environment #WaterIndustry #Rivers #EnvironmentAgency #Pollution
Sewage released into England’s rivers and seas nearly 300,000 times last year

Campaigners criticise frequent use of storm overflows when parts of the country were in drought for months

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World news | The GuardianMar 16
Realtime pollution alerts needed on Windermere, campaigners say after boy nearly dies https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/16/realtime-pollution-alerts-windermere-campaigners-say-boy-nearly-dies #LakeDistrict #Pollution #Water #WaterIndustry #Swimming #Environment #UkNews #UnitedUtilities
Realtime pollution alerts needed on Windermere, campaigners say after boy nearly dies

Exclusive: Claire Earley’s son Rex spent six weeks in hospital after contracting E coli from contaminated lake

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World news | The GuardianMar 16
Thames Water lenders float new £10bn rescue plan https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/16/thames-water-lenders-float-new-financial-rescue-plan #ThamesWater #WaterIndustry #Utilities #Business #CorporateGovernance #PrivateEquity #UkNews #WaterBills #Regulators #ConsumerAffairs #HouseholdBills #Money
Thames Water lenders float new £10bn rescue plan

Latest effort involves paying off fines worth hundreds of millions of pounds as part of bid to stave off financial collapse

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KBMar 14

“Forty per cent of Northern Ireland are drinking water from a fetid pond filled with bacteria from human and animal waste, and now, unsurprisingly, there are AMR genes.”

How lovely. 😬

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/14/lough-neagh-northern-ireland-genes-antibiotic-resistance-superbugs

#Water #NorthernIreland #WaterIndustry #Pollution

‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake

Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

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World news | The GuardianMar 14
‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/14/lough-neagh-northern-ireland-genes-antibiotic-resistance-superbugs #Water #NorthernIreland #WaterIndustry #Pollution #Antibiotics #Environment #Society #UkNews
‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake

Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianMar 13
Who are the key figures in the sewage crisis, and where are they now? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/13/who-are-the-key-figures-in-the-sewage-crisis-and-where-are-they-now #Water #WaterIndustry #Pollution #ThamesWater #Rivers #Business #Environment #UkNews
Who are the key figures in the sewage crisis, and where are they now?

With anger stoked by Channel 4’s drama Dirty Business, we look at what has happened to some of the main players

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World news | The GuardianMar 12
Welsh Water apologises as Ofwat sets out £44.7m enforcement plan https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/12/dwr-cymru-welsh-water-apologises-ofwat-enforcement-plan-regulator #WaterIndustry #Water #Regulators #Wales #UkNews #Pollution
Welsh Water apologises as Ofwat sets out £44.7m enforcement plan

Proposed package comes after regulator finds ‘serious and unacceptable breaches’ in how company operates

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World news | The GuardianMar 10
Millions in England to pay higher water bills after suppliers appeal https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/10/england-higher-water-bills-anglian-southern-wessex-south-east #WaterBills #WaterIndustry #CompetitionAndMarketsAuthority #Business #HouseholdBills #Money #UkNews
Millions in England to pay higher water bills after suppliers appeal

Anglian, Southern, Wessex and South East allowed to raise charges more than originally allowed by watchdog

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World news | The GuardianMar 9
Yorkshire Water receives fresh funding despite sewage fines and pay row https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/09/yorkshire-water-funding-fines-pay-private-equity-eqt #WaterIndustry #Business #Yorkshire #UkNews
Yorkshire Water receives fresh funding despite sewage fines and pay row

Private equity group EQT to take 42% stake as supplier faces scrutiny over environmental record and CEO’s pay

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