Severe water pollution Last year with three companies responsible for most of them increased by 60 percent, Environment Agency (EA) Where are you
The latest data from all over England showed that Temes Water, Southern water And Yorkshire water 81 percent were behind the cases, but said that all nine water companies had “continuous demonstrations”.
Meanwhile, there was no serious incident last year in only two companies – Northumbrian Water and Vesax Water -, to meet the hopes of watching environmental agencies a tendency for zero pollution incidence by 2025.
The Temes Water was responsible for 33 of the 75 serious incidents recorded by the EA – more than one third of the total.
Overall, the Watchdog said that all pollution incidence increased by 29 percent, with water companies recording 2,801, above 2,174 in 2023.
Every year, EA assesses pollution events in categories from water firms, the most serious with category 1 (major) and category 2 (important).
EA, which came into fire for their own inspection of pollution performance from water companies, stated that they were “particularly worried” about the increase in spreading from the pipes carrying waste water waste.
The causes behind the results of 2024 were given as new infrastructure, continuous reduction in poor asset maintenance, and reduced flexibility due to the effects of climate change.
Earth Lawal, president of the environment agency, said: “This report shows systemic failure by some companies to meet its environmental goals.
“The water industry should work immediately to prevent pollution and when it does to answer rapidly.
“We have made significant changes to tighten our regulation of the water industry and ensure that companies are taken into consideration. With a dedicated large workforce and increased funding, our authorities are exposing and working on failures to follow environmental law.”
Meanwhile, MPs have said that the system of regulating water companies requires “a full overhaul” as the sector increased the customer bills to expand the failed infrastructure and deal with pollution.
The Public Account Committee (PAC) said that the government should work with urges to strengthen the monitoring of the region for reconstruction of the trust and to ensure improvement in its poor performance.
In a report released on Tuesday, the committee highlighted how the bill is expected to grow at the fastest rate in 20 years, while the customer Trust in the area is an all -time low.
EA is also assigned its biggest budget to deal with pollution, with cash injections of more than £ 189m for this financial year.
The Environment Department (Defra) said that money will help in funding more enforcement officers, better equipment and latest technology.
Regulators will conduct more than 10,000 inspections of water company’s assets this year and have initiated a record 81 criminal investigation in the incidents of water company pollution from July 2024.
A Water UK spokesperson said: “While some improvements have been made, it is clear that some companies are not performing quite good.
“It is being kept right in the end, to secure our water supply with record £ 104 billion investment in the next five years to support economic growth and eliminate sewage that enter our rivers and seas.
“However, there is also a need for fundamental change in regulation. We hope that next week the recommendations of the Independent Water Commission will ensure that the region needs to invest to reduce pollution events.”
