Environment Agency

Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) warns government guidance over application of farming water rules 'may be unlawful'

New Water Commission aims to strengthen regulation, boost investment, and encourage reform of the water sector

Ofwat publishes 'damning' appraisal of water companies lack of progress towards raft of environmental targets

Environment Secretary Steve Reed hosts local government, communities, and emergency services at first meeting to improve UK resilience in face of extreme weather

Legislation will strengthen regulators' powers to ban bonuses and impose tougher penalties on water firms, including custodial sentences for executives who break the law

Beer importer makes payment to Keep Britain Tidy, after Environment Agency finds company failed to register with packaging waste scheme for 18 years

Environment Agency promises 'tougher' regulatory approach as it reveals total pollution incidents from sewerage and water supply assets increased for second year running

More than one-in-10 areas of prime, grade one, farmland hit by at least one flood warning during winter 2023, new analysis finds

Money raised from fines for pollution breaches is to be reinvested in new Water Restoration Fund

More than four million hours of raw sewage thought to have been discharged into rivers and seas last year