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Water company set to increase bills by 91% in blow for struggling households
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
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Sea water used to flush toilets as firm 'sorry' as 32,500 homes have supply cut
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"
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Thousands of homes left without water after main bursts
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
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Fury as sewage dumping in bathing areas like beaches soar - see worst hotspots
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
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Southern Water fined just 0.117% of profits for pouring raw sewage into river
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
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Water companies face hefty fines if they fail to improve customer service
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
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Town 'hit by tsunami of human waste' killing fish and making residents homeless
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
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Inside UK's sewage island where locals are sick being country's 'dumping ground'
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
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Bungling electricians punctured pipe causing sewage to pump into grandad's home
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
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Water firms to pay back £114million to customers after failing to meet targets
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'
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Three major water companies accused of illegally spilling sewage on dry days
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
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Water firm blames seagull poo for poor water quality at popular UK beach
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
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Bosses at nine water firms pocketed £13million - while YOU faced higher bills
It follows reports water firms are planning to hike household bills by up to 40% to meet costs of the sewage crisis
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Fire rips through farm amid fury at hosepipe ban in soaring temperatures
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
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Water company bosses told 'swim in mess you've made' after pollution warnings
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'
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Clifftop house collapsing into the sea but owner refuses to leave
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
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Water bills to rise by up to £47 a year from April - how to cut your costs
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
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UK's most polluted beaches mapped - with over 60 raw sewage warnings in place
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