Sewage Spills in England Fell 35% as Drought Curbed Overflows

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000UK Water Crisis:Sewage spills in England fell by more than a third last year as unusually dry weather curbed storm overflows, but the country’s water industry remains far short of its pollution targets.England’s storm overflows spilled 291,492 times in 2025, 35% less than in the previous year, according to Environment Agency data. The total spill duration was nearly 1.9 million hours compared with 3.6 million hours in 2024.