Skip to main content
The Morning Star Shop
Water companies face fines for continued pollution
A tanker pumping out excess sewage from the Lightlands Lane sewage pumping station in Cookham, Berskhire which flooded after heavy rainfall, January 10, 2024

CLEAN river campaigners blasted water companies for continued pollution after they were ordered to pay back £158 million to customers today.

River Action was responding to the latest Ofwat report on water company performance and the cash they have been ordered to pay next year through lower bills.

In Ofwat’s annual performance report on water firms, the regulator said customer bills will be slashed in 2025-26 to reflect the penalties, with the total rebates calculated in December.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
Children at a primary school in Yorkshire, July 7, 2025
Education / 5 October 2025
5 October 2025
Andrew RT Davies, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives speaking while on the general election campaign trail, June 21, 2024
Wales / 5 October 2025
5 October 2025
A view of the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff
Wales / 30 September 2025
30 September 2025
Similar stories
A tanker pumping out excess sewage from the Lightlands Lane
Britain / 19 December 2024
19 December 2024
Labour's Clive Lewis, trade unionists and campaigners demand public ownership of water after Ofwat announces £86 hike in bills from April