Highly radioactive water leaked from a treatment machine at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, but no one was injured and radiation monitoring shows no impact to the outside environment, the utility operator said Thursday. A plant worker found the leak
Residents of the Greek island of Aegina have spent several days without drinkable water running in their homes after an alleged act of sabotage disabled an undersea pipeline from the mainland, authorities in Athens said Tuesday. GREEK POLICE ARREST 12 LEFT-WING PROTESTERS
A European city that is among the favourite hotspot for Brits is reportedly grappling with water limits and swimming pool bans as authorities declare a state of emergency over a historic drought. Residents of Catalonia in Spain have been impacted by the
A French bottled water producer has been illegally treating contaminated water in their products, it has been revealed. Nestle was found to have been hiding the fact the water it was selling under its Perrier, Vittel and Contrex brands had come from a
Households’ water bills will rise to around £473 a year to fund firms’ record investment to reduce sewage in rivers and seas. Campaigners have hit out at the firms, whose bosses receive millions in bonuses, for hiking customers’ bills from April to
Barcelona is facing the prospect of having its water cut off as the city bakes in 23C weather in January. AEMET, Spain’s equivalent of the Met Office, has warned that “numerous records” have been broken both in Barcelona and in several cities
Catalonia has declared a drought emergency due to reservoirs serving 6 million people, including Barcelona, being at historic lows, leading to water usage restrictions. Small towns like Gualba have been experiencing water shortages since last December, with residents having to buy bottled
Danish authorities are racing against time to prevent a landslide of contaminated soil from reaching a water source. The landslide, which started on Dec. 10, prompted Nordic Waste to abandon control efforts, leaving the cleanup task to Randers Municipality. A Geological Survey
A major search has been launched off the coast of south Wales after reports a person was missing in the water. Emergency services were called to Portcawl, around 25 miles west of Cardiff, just before 6pm on Tuesday, January 23. The search
Water companies “shirking their responsibility” will be issued with guidance to help them comply with requests for data, the UK’s information watchdog has warned. The Liberal Democrats have accused water firms of failing to disclose how much sewage had been discharged, in