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Water

July 2024

  • Watering courgette plants

    Inside Saturday
    How often should I water my plants? The million-dollar question answered

  • Tasmania’s Disappearing Tarn

    Rain has restored Tasmania’s famous Disappearing Tarn – but swimmers risk $4,000 fine

  • Severn Trent van

    Every water firm in England and Wales under investigation over sewage spills

  • The logo of water company Southern Water seen through a glass of water

    Southern Water boss handed £183,000 bonus despite huge rise in bills

  • The Audio Long Read
    Dirty waters: how the Environment Agency lost its way – podcast

  • Paying the price of water companies’ failures

  • Observer letters
    David Lammy must lead the way on access to clean water

  • £1.2bn plan to turn sewage waste into drinking water branded a ‘white elephant’

  • Thames Water placed in special measures due to ‘significant issues’

  • Cheap sales, debt and foreign takeovers: how privatisation changed the water industry

  • Rise in sewage pollution from Thames Water’s ageing treatment works

  • Poor state of Thames Water a ‘critical risk’ to UK, Starmer and Reeves told

  • ‘People are incandescent…’ How sewage spills became a vote-winner for the Lib Dems

  • ‘Blue wall’ of Tory seats collapsed because of green issues, say Greenpeace

  • Greens to push Labour to ‘be braver’ on climate, sewage and cost of living

  • Ruling paves way for businesses and public to sue water firms over sewage

  • Pass notes
    Chalfont St Giles: why one of England’s best-kept villages absolutely stinks

  • Environment Agency refuses to reveal directors’ possible conflicts of interest

June 2024

  • Blackpool beach last week.

    Observer letters
    Come on in – the water’s full of sewage

  • Rowers on the Henley Mile

    High levels of E coli found at Henley days before international regatta

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