Environment Agency slams Wessex Water over pollution
Wessex Water has been told to improve after it was responsible for 215 pollution incidents in 2024 – 89 more than the previous year.
Wessex Water has been told to improve after it was responsible for 215 pollution incidents in 2024 – 89 more than the previous year.
Litter Free Dorset, Dorset Council, Weymouth Harbour, and Wessex Water have joined together in a campaign to protect water quality.
A road near Weymouth Rail Station will be closed to traffic in November to allow Wessex Water to make emergency repairs to a sewer.
The Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole has demanded a ban on executive bonuses at Wessex Water following the latest Ofwat report.
Dorset History Centre is to work on the conservation of records detailing Wessex Water and its predecessors since the 19th century.
Wessex Water are to replace degraded pipes and the six-week works will result in a road closure and traffic diversion.
Applications to The Wessex Water Environment Fund, run by Dorset Community Foundation, should be made by 27 May.
Grants of up to £1,500 will be available for projects in Dorset which have a positive impact on the local environment.
Thanks to a partnership between Wessex Water and the Dorset Community Foundation, the funding has been divided between 22 groups.
Community projects, which have been hardest hit by Covid-19 in its first year, are to be supported by the new Wessex Water Foundation.