South East Water to pay £30.5m penalty after multiple failures
Ofwat investigated supplier over supply interruptions, customer failings and for breaching its licenceSouth East Wate...
Datacentres are a ticking time bomb. We must make sure AI’s benefits outweigh the costs | Nicki Hutley
They suck up energy and water, and blast out heat. Just who is better off from all this investment – aside from tech ...
Remember water power in the renewables mix | Brief letters
Solar, wind and water | French connection | Gianni Infantino | ‘Good athlete’ Trump | USA 1 Belgium 4 Your article (W...
‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres
In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Thre...
‘It’s Russian roulette’: alarm as Europe backs critical minerals mines in water-stressed regions
Exclusive: European Commission planning to rewrite key law to allow water-intensive mines in regions suffering from d...
‘This is what I was born for’: the drought-ridden Colombian town that took on Coca-Cola Femsa – and won
While La Calera faced severe water rationing, local springs were being drained by the drinks giant’s franchise. So th...
Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land
Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power...
How campaigners beat industrial farming in Denmark’s ‘pig election’
Mette Frederiksen’s new government promises overhaul for people – and animals – in home of ultra-intensive farmingLik...
Thames Water should be nationalised, says Andy Burnham
Exclusive: Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate advocates public ownership of water companies as he prepares for ...
‘Good lord, what a smell’: can Brazil’s biggest city save a vital source of water from sewage, bacteria and organised crime?
As São Paulo faces a climate-induced water crisis, campaigners are fighting to reverse the impact of pollution and il...
South East Water’s greatest failure was not contacting customers during winter outages, report finds
Fewer than one in 10 SEW customers satisfied with firm’s handling of supply crisis, which left tens of thousands with...
South West Water fined £1.85m over parasite outbreak in Devon
Utility company pleaded guilty to criminal offence of supplying water unfit for humans‘My son is still suffering’: th...
‘My son is still suffering’: the ill effects of water contamination in ‘Brixham incident’
Physical and psychological impacts of a tap water parasite outbreak continue to be felt in south DevonSouth West Wate...
There are thousands of dirty old drill sites in Colorado. The state gave oil firms a $1bn pass
Investigation reveals regulator let firms off the hook on cleanup bonds despite backlog that will take decades to cle...
Kent residents struggle without water in a heatwave | Letter
Yvonne Singh says the government needs to hold South East Water to account after elderly and vulnerable residents had...