All news on the topic: Southern Water PLC

Company close to technical default on some of its debt, underlining UK industry’s precarious state

Southern Water is asking for the biggest jump, to an average £915 a year, while South Staffordshire and Cambridge Water are asking for the lowest rise of 24%, to £221 a year, but that is for water only

A hotel has resorted to flushing its toilets with sea water after a burst main in East Sussex has left more than 32,000 residents without water supply - as the firm continues work to get it "restarted"

Thousands of homes in Sussex have been left without water due to a burst main causing disruption in St Leonards-on-Sea and some areas of Hastings, expected until Sunday

Damning figures reveal 31,000 cases of sewage discharges in bathing areas across England last year, with spots in Cumbria and West Sussex among the worst affected

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE - Staff at Southern Water ignored an alarm going off for five hours, which lead to a raw sewage spill at Shawford Lake Stream at Waltham Chase, Hampshire, killing thousands of fish

The water regulator for England and Wales has been given new powers to fine suppliers up to a 10th of their turnover for poor customer service

The quant Sussex village of Barnham, near Chichester, has been flooded with human waste and now stinks of poo after a sewer collapsed amid damage from Storm Ciaran at the end of October

Filth spewing from numerous sewage pipes has left residents on the Isle of Wight wondering why they are being forced to endure becoming Britain's sickest island in the latest scandal surrounding water companies

Steve Tragner, 72, was unable to use the toilet or washing machine at night due to the fear of sewage overflowing into his garden in Whitstable, Kent

If water companies fail to meet targets, Ofwat restricts the amount of money they can take from customers - this year, no company achieved its top category of 'leading'

Water firms are only supposed to spill after heavy rain to prevent the system from backing up and flooding, but a report suggests they have been discharging sewage on some of the driest days of 2022

Southern Water, which is working with Portsmouth City Council and the Environment Agency, has examined samples to try to identify how water quality dropped at Southsea

It follows reports water firms are planning to hike household bills by up to 40% to meet costs of the sewage crisis

Donia Youssef, 45, shared videos on Facebook at her parent's farm in Rotherfield, East Sussex showing the roof ablaze - it comes as a hosepipe ban is set to come in on June 26

The campaign launched this month, which at the time of writing had garnered 48,386 signatures, said: 'We challenge the CEOs of South West Water and Southern Water to swim in the mess they've made'

George Gardiner, 82, used to run a tea room with his late wife in the precarious property in Luccombe on the Isle of Wight but says he won't be leaving despite the ground falling away

Water UK says although companies have "absorbed as much cost as possible" this year’s change particularly reflects the inflationary impact of higher energy costs

The scale of the UK's problem with untreated sewage being released into coastal waters around the UK has been laid bare in updated beach pollution maps. Pollution risk warnings are currently in place for some popular beaches