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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

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

Ministers have been accused of being 'shamed' into adopting Labour's plans to get tough on water companies after bosses raked in millions in bonuses despite sewage

To help cover the costs of new investments, households could be hit with a staggering 74 per cent increase in water bills amid fury over the privatised woeful track record of pollution and leaks

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

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

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

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'

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

Holidaymakers have been warned not to swim at Wells-next-the-Sea beach in Norfolk after the Environment Agency listed 63 seaside spots in the UK that had been contaminated with sewage

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

It follows reports water firms are planning to hike household bills by up to 40% to meet costs of the sewage crisis

New reports have warned that water companies are set to hike bills for ordinary British households as much as 40 per cent between 2025 and 2030 as they look to cover sewage spill repair costs

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

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'

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

Data crunched by Top of the Poops has shown how waterways across England and Wales were severely polluted in 2021 by water companies pumping out sewage for millions of hours

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

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