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Sharkey says Government to blame for ‘sorry mess’ of sewage on our beaches

The Government’s failure to control the water industry is to blame for the “sorry mess” of sewage pumped into Britain’s beaches, an environmental campaigner has said. Feargal Sharkey said three decades of poorly regulated profiteering among water ...

22 Aug 2022 at 10:54

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Award-winning Carlow company voted Business of the Year announces new CEO

Aquamonitrix, which is based in Tullow, is delivering a dataset to the water industry on nitrates and nitrites that are toxic to fish, but which were previously impossible to measure in real time. Chief Operating Officer (COO), Colm Lynch, has ...

04 Jan 2024 at 17:33

Scotland

Water regulator boss quits after details of lavish spending disclosed

The head of Scotland’s water industry regulator has quit after a watchdog disclosed “unacceptable” spending which included a £77,000 Harvard course for a senior manager. The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (Wics) bore the brunt of a ...

21 Dec 2023 at 15:03

Scotland

Water regulator criticised for ‘unacceptable’ spending of public money

The body tasked with regulating Scottish Water has been criticised for lavish spending, including a £77,000 Harvard course for a senior manager and meals worth more than £200 per head. The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (Wics) has ...

21 Dec 2023 at 14:58

Scotland

Water regulator chief’s £400 restaurant meal covered by office credit card

The former boss of Scotland’s water industry regulator claimed a £400 high-end restaurant meal on an office credit card, with the expense being paid despite failing to provide a receipt, MSPs have heard. Further details of the lavish ...

21 Mar 2024 at 16:23

Scotland

Government official knew about Harvard course spending, water executive claims

A senior executive at Scotland’s scandal-hit water industry regulator has claimed a Scottish Government official knew the firm was funding a near-£80,000 Harvard course for her. The spending was discovered along with other lavish ...

13 May 2024 at 19:32

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United Utilities posts earnings leap amid fallout from sewage spill

United Utilities has insisted it takes its role in protecting the environment “very seriously” as it revealed annual earnings jumped by nearly a fifth just days after being engulfed in a “scandal” over a massive sewage spill. ...

16 May 2024 at 08:41

Scotland

Water regulator boss quit with six months’ pay after spending row, MSPs told

The former chief executive of Scotland’s water regulator received six months’ pay after it was deemed lavish spending at the body did not represent “gross misconduct”, MSPs have been told. Alan Sutherland stood down from his ...

19 Sept 2024 at 13:32

Thames Water says it must hike customer bills by nearly 60% by 2030

Troubled Thames Water has said it needs to hike customer bills by up to nearly 60% by 2030 or warned it will become “uninvestible”. Britain’s biggest water supplier made the shock demand in its response to Ofwat’s draft ...

28 Aug 2024 at 15:52

Scotland

MSPs to further question water regulator and Government officials

A Holyrood committee will quiz officials from Scotland’s water industry regulator and the Scottish Government later this month, as it continues to examine the regulator’s finances. A damning audit report in December ...

06 Sept 2024 at 11:19

Scotland

Poorer households must be protected from future water bill rises, body says

People on lower incomes must be safeguarded from future rises in water bills, Scotland’s statutory body for consumers has said. Consumer Scotland recommended an increase in the threshold of the existing Water ...

29 Oct 2024 at 09:28

Thames Water running out of money ‘a risk which cannot be run’, High Court told

Allowing Thames Water to run out of money by not approving restructuring plans is “a risk which cannot be run”, the High Court has been told. Thames Water Utilities Holdings Limited (TWUH), the parent ...

03 Feb 2025 at 16:38

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