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Severn Trent

July 2024

  • Severn Trent van

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

  • a view of the River Lea near the Olympic park in Stratford, east London, showing brownish foam and scum around a grille from an overflow pipe; the waterway is otherwise pretty, with tall greenery, plants and trees to either side, and is seen on a greyish day with light reflecting off the water

    Information commissioner urges water firms to ‘be open’ about sewage spills

June 2024

  • Protesters from campaign group Surfers Against Sewage

    Revealed: the ‘catastrophic scale’ of sewage spills in England and Wales

    Water companies have logged five sewage spills a day, every day, for a decade, analysis by the Observer shows
  • Thames Water maintenance work in London on 3 April 2024.

    The Guardian view on water privatisation: end an experiment that has failed

    Editorial: Labour should take lessons from the Netherlands, where public sector firms are funded by a state-owned bank
  • Liv Garfield

    Severn Trent boss paid £3.2m despite firm’s fine for sewage spills in river

    Liv Garfield’s pay included a £584,000 bonus despite firm’s £2m fine for spilling 260m litres of sewage into River Trent

May 2024

  • a man in a hi-viz jacket labelled WATER passes a Severn Trent Water sign on a van

    Severn Trent increases payout to shareholders despite its 60,000 sewage spills last year

    Final dividend hiked by 9% as MPs write to Ofwat boss urging him to deny water firms’ requests in price review process

April 2024

  • George Monbiot

    How the overseas owners of England’s water companies clean up by polluting our rivers

    George Monbiot
    Soiled seas and huge dividends: where has the £64bn borrowed by firms since privatisation gone, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

March 2024

  • Sewage being discharged into a brook after heavy rainfall

    Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage discharges

    Call for environmental emergency to be declared after data reveals 105% rise in raw sewage discharges over past 12 months

November 2023

  • A sewage overflow outlet discharges into a river

    Ban bonuses to water company bosses, Ofwat told

    Regulator under pressure to act after finding executive payouts at three English suppliers were not justified

September 2023

  • Water runs from household tap

    Severn Trent customer water bills to rise by almost 37% by end of decade

  • Illustration of raw sewage river discharges in the UK

    ‘Unacceptable’: how raw sewage has affected rivers in England and Wales – in maps

July 2023

  • A logo on a fence at the Ladybower reservoir near Glossop

    Severn Trent likely to be allowed to charge customers £60m extra

    Water firm tells investors it is on track to claim reward for exceeding its own customer service targets

June 2023

  • The Severn Trent chief, Liv Garfield

    Severn Trent chief proposes ‘social purpose’ water firms amid utilities crisis

  • Steve Crawford, whose surf shop in Scarborough has been forced to close.

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out

May 2023

  • A Severn Trent sign on a gate at Cropston reservoir central England

    Severn Trent dividend exceeds £260m amid rising anger over sewage pollution

    Investor payout comes as company posts small profit increase and forecasts strong earnings growth

November 2022

  • A man passes a poster of the Qatar 2022 mascot La'eeb in Doha, Qatar.

    FTSE 100 firms hand billions in dividend payouts to Qatar investors

    Critics say everyday UK consumer spending has funnelled billions to controversial World Cup host since 2010

August 2022

  • People take a selfie on the dry cracked earth

    As drought hits, what are UK water company chief executives paid?

    Anger is growing over the huge sums handed to shareholders and executives

May 2022

  • Water runs from a household tap.

    Ofwat asks water firms to do more for people struggling to pay bills

    Regulator publishes guidelines as Severn Trent launches £30m support package amid cost of living crisis

April 2022

  • Louise Beardmore said she was ‘privileged’ to have been asked to lead United Utilities.

    Five out of six top jobs at FTSE water firms to be held by women

    Louise Beardmore appointed chief executive at United Utilities, joining female chairs and CEOs of Pennon and Severn Trent

January 2022

  • River Wharfe in Ilkley

    MPs call for bathing rivers across England as part of anti-pollution drive

    Water companies should each designate one area as fit for use by 2025, says environmental audit committee in highly critical report
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