Category: News
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South East Water chief executive resigns
Date: May 2026 The chief executive of South East Water (SEW), David Hinton, has resigned following months of sustained pressure from MPs, customers and the Environment Secretary. His exit comes a week after the company’s chair, Chris Train, also resigned in the wake of a damning parliamentary report. Hinton will remain in post over the…
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South East Water chair resigns after MPs declare no confidence in company leadership
Date: May 2026 Although this website is about Southern Water in Brighton and Hove, I’ll share other relevent news as it’s the same story across the country. The chair of South East Water (SEW) has resigned following a parliamentary report that described the company’s leadership as an “unaccountable clique” – a phrase that could just…
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Southern Water pleads guilty to further sewage discharges weeks after its record £90m fine
Date: May 2026 Southern Water has pleaded guilty to five further counts of illegal sewage discharge covering the period 2019 to 2021, including incidents that took place weeks after it was handed its record £90 million penalty for exactly the same behaviour. The charges relate to discharges at Whitstable in Kent. In one incident in…