Combined sewer overflows reached a record high in 2024, with 896 million gallons of untreated sewage released along the Merrimack River, about 30% above the average amount in the previous 10 years.

MASSIVE amounts of 'brown water' flowing into a Worcester river were the result of heavy rainfall and not sewage say experts. Concerned cyclist Dan Brothwell saw the brown water gushing into the River ...

THERE IS confusion after 'huge volumes' of brown water were seen gushing into the River Severn. Dan Brothwell said he was cycling over the Kepax Bridge at 7:15am on Sunday (March 23) when he noticed ...

For Roger Plowden, custodian of the Historic Plowden Estate in the undulating Shropshire Hills, the River Onny which meanders through his land is “incredibly special”. “It has otters,” he says, ...

Should the plan go ahead, the pipe - which would cost Severn Trent £8.1m - would exit the sewage works, which treats waste from the 2,000 inhabitants of market town Bishop’s Castle, cross the ...

More than 200 people packed the Community College in Bishop’s Castle on March 10 to hear about Severn Trent Water’s plan to transfer fully treated wastewater from its plant in the town and discharge ...

The team of 11 River Rangers cover areas across the Midlands, including Shropshire, have been at the forefront of Severn Trent’s efforts to improve river health and environmental protection ...

A petition against the pipeline has so far attracted 8,500 signatures. The mayor of Ludlow, Beverley Waite, says she was ...