Sewage

'World's best cleaner' Auri Kananen, 30, from Finland spent 48 hours “extreme-cleaning” a one-bed apartment, which featured a toilet which hadn't been cleaned in six years in a bathroom with mushrooms growing in the walls.

Woman spends 48 hours deep cleaning a dirty flat

Over half of Scotland’s popular beaches ‘blighted’ with raw sewage. (Photo: Getty Images)

Over half of Scotland’s popular beaches ‘blighted’ with raw sewage

Focus on ‘illegal’ sewage spills not using poo to heat homes, campaigners say. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock/Henley Mermaids)

Focus on ‘illegal’ sewage spills not using poo to heat homes

Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, delivers a speech on planning reforms at Kings Place in King's Cross, north London. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Why is the Government seeking to rip up water pollution rules? - Jayne Dowle

‘Traumatised’ family made to stay in home flooded with ‘dirty brown’ sewage face home insurance hike

‘Traumatised’ family’s home flooded with ‘dirty brown’ sewage

Young mum, 22 horrified as Norwich council flat floods with ‘thick brown’ human waste

Mum horrified as council flat floods with ‘thick brown’ human waste

54 UK beaches issued with raw sewage alert - see full list

David Clayden, Chairman of the Nidd Action Group and Secretary of the Harrogate Fly Fishers' Club which was Founded in 1887. David is campaigning for the River Nidd to be granted bathing water status so that its water quality can be monitored. Pictured David Clayden, collecting water samples from the River Nidd at Duffers Pool at Darley, near Harrogate. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 29th June 2023.

Rising flow of fury on sewage in our rivers

Thames Water face £3.3m fine over sewage spill that turned rivers ‘black’ and ‘grey’

Thames Water face £3.3m fine over sewage spills

Water bills could increase by 40% next year

Households warned water bills could rise by 40% to £680 per year

Rise in bills expected as England’s water companies promise to tackle sewage spills (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)

Customers could pay more for sewage system upgrade

England’s water and sewage companies have apologised over sewage spills that were dumped into rivers and seas. (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)

UK water companies apologise over sewage spills

A Family's £900k home now "worthless" after being flooded with raw sewage twice

Family's £900k home now "worthless" after being flooded with sewage

The Environment Agency revealed England’s 10 water companies recorded 301,091 discharges through storm overflows in 2022 – an average of 824 a day.

Sewage discharged in Yorkshire’s coastal communities for thousands of hours

The government has proposed a ban of plastic wet wipes in England

Government to ban plastic wet wipes in England

NHS hospitals in England are battling sewage issues

NHS hospitals battle sewage leaks and maintenance issues

The discharges, between Horbury Bridge and the M1 motorway, went on for a total of 2,400 hours, equivalent to 100 days

Sewage discharged for ‘thousands of hours’ into Yorkshire river

The sewage pipe at Scarborough's North Bay

Sewage spilled into Yorkshire's waterways for 1.5m hours over last six years

Waste water will be used to pick up to identify new Covid outbreaks

Sewage across Yorkshire tested to pick up new Covid-19 outbreaks

Bradford Council blamed for tourist spot sewage

The Yorkshire Post Environment Awards

Yorkshire Water to sponsor top prize
YORKSHIRE Water has once again shown its commitment to keeping the region green by stepping forward to sponsor the Yorkshire Post Environment Awards.