United Utilities

Marcus, Dave, Bob and John - Thames Water workers at Mogden Sewage Treatment Works - told it how it is in the documentary Thames Water: Inside the Crisis (Picture: BBC/Brinkworth Productions/Catherine Harte)

Water execs search for positive PR and end up pooing on their own doorstep

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Massive reduction in sewage spills entering rivers near you

A stunning shot of Rivington Pike on a sunny day.

20-year project kicks off to restore moors enjoyed by 1 million people

(Photos: Pexels)

Water bills to rise by £123 on average - some households hit harder

Westgate in Burnley has re-opened this afternoon as urgent work on re-instating a water supply by United Utilities is completed

Further update on urgent repair works that closed major road into Burnley

Westgate in Burnley remains closed today as urgent repair work by United Utilties is delayed. A spokesman for the company said road closure signs and diversions (pictured)were put in place on Monday evening, despite several motorists complaining no warnings were given

Urgent repair work on major route into Burnley delayed due to bad weather

United Utilities has issued an update on closure of Westgate in Burnley today that caused traffic chaos across the town

United Utilities issues update on road closure that caused traffic chaos

Construction work has now been completed at the Burnley Wastewater Treatment Works.

Upgrade to Burnley wastewater treatment works

An example of water pollution in Harrogate at Hookstone Beck

£10.6m project underway to reduce sewage entering Lancashire water

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Sewage spill duration caused by United Utilities increases

Generic discharge of waste into rivers and the sea.

Sewage spills into North West water investigated by Ofwat

Repairs to a major road into Burnley Brunshaw Road, that collapsed after a water main burst in the early hours of the morning last Thursday, is expected to be completed this week

Repairs to Burnley road damaged by burst water main due to finish this week

A burst water pipe on Brunshaw Road in Burnley has caused the road to collapse this afternoon. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

Major route into Burnley remains closed several hours after water main bursts

Aimie Bell took this image of the damage caused to Brunshaw Road in Burnley by a burst water main today.

United Utilities issue statement after water main bursts on Burnley road

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey falls into lake.

Watch: Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey falls into lake

The sink hole in Carr Road, Nelson

Sink hole still not repaired a year later

Discharge of sewage into a river. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The 'scandalous' amount of time sewage was released into waterways

A duck and its ducklings swim in a pond. (Photo by Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP) (Photo by YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Sewage spills in Burnley rise massively

Volunteers from United Utilities joined a Ribble Rivers Trust tree planting session at Lower Gill, near Tosside in the Forest of Bowland, to support the creation of a new woodland area.

Volunteers plant over 8,000 trees in new woodland area in Ribble Valley

Storm Water Tank construction. Credit: United Utilities.

£19billion project to stop sewage entering rivers, beaches and lakes

Project manager Tony Elliott on site at Burnley wastewater treatment works

£77m. upgrade to Burnley wastewater treatment works

United Utilities fined £800,000 after illegally abstracting 22 billion litres of water in Lancashire

United Utilities fined for illegally abstracting water in Lancashire

Water providers could owe £800m in compensation to bill payers for ‘unfairly overcharging customers’

Bill payers could be owed £800m in compensation

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are set to batter Lancashire this weekend (Credit: Rodrigo Souza)

More thunderstorms and heavy rain set to hit Lancashire

Tony Elliott who is senior project manager for the wastewater upgrade in Nelson is part of a wider £75m investment programme to deliver improvements to Pendle Water and the River Calder.

Major project to create underground stormwater storage tank reaches milestone

Pupils from Brennands Endowed Primary School in Slaidburn joined forces with United Utilities to plant 50 oak trees to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III.

Pupils plant 50 trees to celebrate King's coronation

Burnley MP Antony Higginbotham is urging voters to back the Conservatives at next week's local elections

Burnley MP urges residents to vote Conservative as town goes to polls

To mark the start of Debt Awareness Week today United Utilities is encouraging anyone struggling to pay their household bills not to struggle in silence but to reach out for help.

United Utilities helping people in Burnley struggling to pay debts

The route of the new water tunnel system

Forest of Bowland tunnel plan concerns ahead of council decision

Stephen said residents had found the high jinks “absolutely hilarious”, even though council bosses later forced him to remove the objects on “health and safety” grounds.

Fed up butcher pranks water company after they left a hole outside his shop

The River Calder in Padiham following heavy rainfall in February

River investment for Burnley

Burnley Green Party councillor Andy Fewings and Green Party member and campaigner Emma Simpkin pictured next to the River Calder where their research has led them to discover raw sewage dumped there

Calls for action after campaigners discover raw sewage dumped in Burnley river w...

Work ongoing on the United Utilities HARP (Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Project) near Haslingden, where geologists have unearthed new fossils

New discoveries reveal evidence of Lancashire's earliest residents

United Utilities said the North West's supply of tap water - which comes from reservoirs in the Lake District - is less than half what it should be at this time of year.

Lancashire households told to save water as region's supply levels run low

World Drowning Prevention day: More than 20 people have drowned in the UK this week (Photo: FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP via Getty Images)

World Drowning Prevention day: More than 20 people have drowned in the UK this w...

The existing wastewater treatment works off Longrigde Road in Chipping, which will be mostly demolished when the new facility is built (image: Lancashire County Council)

New sewage works approved for Ribble Valley

Residents meeting with Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson

Huge £60m. extension to waste water plant causing concern to Reedley residents

Homes have been without water since yesterday

Dozens of homes in Clitheroe, Whalley and Billington without water after leak

Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans has written to the chief executive of United Utilities

Ribble Valley MP 'wades' into argument about Billington water issues

Some of the new blue pipes which were connected into the Haweswater Aqueduct this month. The old pipes can be seen behind him to the left

Region’s biggest plumbing job done to help supply one third of Lancashire's wate...

Luke pictured with Denzel and Kilo (photo: Stuart Walker)

Meet the water detectives - how one man and his dogs are searching for leaks in ...

A view of Hurstwood, the popular beauty spot in Burnley that has been plagued by groups of young people gathering in large groups on Friday evenings.

'Stand off' between residents and young people leads to police crackdown on anti...

Firefighters spent two and half hours dealing with a diesel spillage in Nelson this afternoon.

Road closed in Nelson after diesel spillage

Reservoirs are running dry

'Please use less water' plea as reservoirs are running dry

Steve Iversen heads into the underworld beneath Lancashires streets in Sewermen, a new fly-on-the-wall documentary airing on the Paramount Network

New TV series airs tonight which heads into the murky tunnels beneath Lancashire...

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United Utilities announce £3.5m trust fund for those struggling to pay bills due...