Ofwat has confirmed that Anglian Water must spend £62.8m on improvements because of "excessive" sewage spills in times of storms.The water regulator had already proposed the penalty for the ...

Getty ImagesThe River Don has now been added to the scarcity listSix areas of Scotland are now experiencing significant water scarcity - the highest level - as prolonged dry ...

Malcolm Prior and Jenny KumahBBC News rural affairs teamBBC/Malcolm PriorSome farmers in the driest parts of the UK are finding their broccoli yields are down more than halfFarmers in ...

Stephen FaircloughBBC NewsFamily photoKane Edwards, 13, died while swimming in the River Tawe near Swansea Enterprise Park in May 2022A 13-year-old boy's body was found trapped underwater by a ...

An 11-year-old girl has died at a Cornwall beauty spot after an incident in the water.Emergency services were called to Wacker Quay at Antony, Torpoint, after concerns were raised ...

PA MediaHM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, is the home of Britain's nuclear deterrentRadioactive water from a Royal Navy nuclear weapons base leaked into a loch after old pipes repeatedly ...

Dearbail Jordan & Esme StallardBBC NewsGetty ImagesWater bills have to rise steeply to make up for years of underinvestment, a major review into the state of the water industry ...

David DeansPolitical reporter, BBC Wales NewsGetty ImagesWales is to have its own water watchdog, the Welsh and UK governments have announced.It comes after a review called for the system ...

Will GrantMexico, Central America and Cuba CorrespondentBBCWater levels in Lake Toronto, a reservoir in the north of Mexico, are said to be critically lowAfter the thirtieth consecutive month without ...

Alex Boyd & Lucy HookerBBC NewsWatch: Environment secretary 'furious' over water bill hikesThe number of times sewage is discharged by water companies will be halved by 2030, the environment ...

Esme StallardClimate and science reporter, BBC NewsChristopher Furlong/Getty ImagesTreated waste water flows into the River Irwell from wastewater treatment works in Bolton in JuneSerious pollution incidents by water companies ...

Michael RaceBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThames Water is "extremely stressed" and will take "at least a decade to turn around", its boss has said, as the struggling company posted ...