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Article thumbnail: BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - MAY 18: Swimmers, paddle boarders and surfers take part in a 'paddle out' demonstration by Surfers Against Sewage off Brighton Beach on May 18, 2024 in Brighton, England. Surfers Against Sewage paddle-outs involve local communities coming together to protest against water companies dumping sewage in the oceans and rivers they use for watersports and swimming. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

New sewage law will let Government spy on polluting water firms

The Environment Agency is to be given new powers to access data on sewage spills, as part of a move to prevent water companies from 'marking their own homework' on pollution

Polluting water firms face 'severe' fines, ban on bonuses and criminal charges

Olympic heroes warn sewage pollution poses 'existential threat' to UK water sports

Article thumbnail: File photo dated 07/10/09 of an Environment Agency worker treating the River Trent at Yoxall, Staffordshire, after it was contaminated with untreated sewage and cyanide. Water companies in England and Wales issued more than 5,500 alerts of sewage being discharged into coastal waters in the last year, a report says. PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday November 25, 2021. One in six days of the official bathing season were rendered "unswimmable" due to sewage pollution near beaches and other popular coastal spots, the report from Surfers Against Sewage said. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Sewage. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Hitting water boss bonuses not enough to stop sewage spills, ministers told

Polluting water firms’ bonuses revealed – and how much you’re paying for them