Illegal connections to Thames Water’s network in East London have cost a repeat offender £13,000+ in court - Select Piling Ltd was prosecuted for four offences in Plaistow with total fine and costs totalling £13,567.65.

Thames Water is continuing to crack down on illegal network connections - the UK’s largest water company has secured 23 convictions in the first five months of 2026 against companies and individuals who have illegally connected to its network.

McFadden Utilities and Amara Land Ltd have been charged and convicted of 24 offences of causing illegal connections to the Thames Water’s clean water supply network.

Southern Water has found the worst example of an illegal connection ever its region entire block of 15 flats discharging wastewater and sewage straight into River Itchen chalk stream at Portswood since it was first built in 1989.

Thames Water is clamping down on illegal water connections, with fleet services company, Go Plant Ltd, enforced to pay £52,000 in fines and costs for repeatedly connecting unauthorised and unlicenced standpipes over the past six years.

NI Water has welcomed the outcome of a successful prosecution against a developer who had failed to install proper water connections to properties at two separate developments.

Thames Water is ramping up the pressure on those who illegally tap into supplies and steal water after four separate offenders were heavily fined in court.