News and communications

Ministers are receiving regular updates on a Boil Water Notice from South West Water, which is impacting 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area.

• Updated: 17 May 2024

Dozens of new bathing water sites in England have been designated ahead of the 2024 bathing season in the government’s largest ever rollout.

• Updated: 13 May 2024

£11.5m extra funding announced to boost tree planting, habitat restoration and flood management across England through the Water Environment Improvement Fund.

• Updated: 9 May 2024

Fund will help groups of farmers investigate how they can better manage water for use in time of drought, helping to safeguard food security.

• Updated: 22 April 2024

The UK Government will introduce new world-leading legislation to ban wet wipes containing plastic.

• Updated: 22 April 2024

National Drought Group confirms water resources are healthy in first meeting this year

• Updated: 18 April 2024

The company faces a series of alleged offences across Cornwall and in Plymouth for a six year period between 2015 and 2021.

• Updated: 17 April 2024

Two new mascots are helping bring to life the history and wildlife of a city centre urban watercourse.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

100% of storm overflows now fitted with monitoring devices required by the government.

• Updated: 27 March 2024

The Environment Agency's portal will allow water industry workers to report serious environmental wrongdoing by their organisations.

• Updated: 26 March 2024

Consultation launched on proposals to expand scheme to 1.6 million more people to help tackle tooth decay.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

Northumbrian Water will pay £50,000 to Tyne Rivers Trust after a burst pipe polluted Monkton Burn in Jarrow, South Tyneside.

• Updated: 14 March 2024

Thousands of spills to be prevented by increased investment this year.

• Updated: 11 March 2024

Government to consult on largest ever rollout of new bathing water sites.

• Updated: 26 February 2024

Letter from the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, Philip Duffy regarding inspections of water company assets.

• Updated: 23 February 2024

Helen Wakeham, the Environment Agency's Director of Water, delivers a speech at the Summit on learning from the past to deliver for the future.

• Updated: 21 February 2024

The Environment Agency prosecuted Severn Trent Water for huge discharge of raw sewage at treatment works in Stoke.

• Updated: 20 February 2024

Alan Lovell, Chair of the Environment Agency delivers speech at 2024 NFU Conference.

• Updated: 20 February 2024

Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the government cracks down on poor performing companies.

• Updated: 20 February 2024

Water bosses are set to be banned from receiving bonuses if a company has committed serious criminal breaches, the Environment Secretary has announced today.

• Updated: 11 February 2024