Wessex Water targets pollution from drainage misconnections
A specialist team from Wessex Water is helping improve the environment in Bristol by tracing sources of watercourse pollution.
Court dismisses Thames Water appeal against £250k pollution fine
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Thames Water against a £250,000 fine for polluting Chase Brook near Newbury in Berkshire with raw sewage in 2012 resulting from a leak at its Broadlayings Sewage Pumping Station.
Pump failure costs United Utilities £750K in court
United Utilities was fined £750,000 at Preston Crown Court yesterday following a previous hearing where the company admitted three breaches of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.
South West Water: plant breakdown, telemetry failures & poor management led to £40K fine
Exeter Crown Court heard last week how a combination of plant break down, telemetry failures and poor management on the part of South West Water resulted in Woodbury’s Polly Brook becoming contaminated with poor quality sewage, which subsequently led to the death of a number of fish.
Call for EU to act on threat to water and wildlife from pharmaceuticals
There is increasing evidence that human and veterinary medicines are polluting rivers and damaging wildlife, according to a new report. The report's authors are calling for sewage treatment works to be improved and for European action on the issue.
Severn Trent wins illegal sewers discharge prosecution
Birmingham based H and P Polishing UK Limited has been fined £6,000 for making illegal discharges into Severn Trent Water’s sewer network. The company has also been ordered to pay costs of nearly £4,000.
Pump failure leads to £4k fine for Northern Ireland Water
Northern Ireland Water was fined £4,000 by magistrates on Monday for breaching the conditions of a discharge consent relating to the operation of its Flynn’s Waste Water Pumping Station.
Pump failure led to £500k pollution fine for Southern Water
Southern Water has apologised for a pollution incident after pumps failed at its Brook Road Pumping Station in Swalecliffe, Kent, resulting in the imposition of a £500,000 fine in court yesterday.
Thames Water: possible 60k+ misconnections into surface water network
During the past four years Thames Water, together with the Environment Agency, has traced 410 misconnections into Mayes brook – but predict there are at least another 60,000 misconnections still to be found.
Chase Brook pollution costs Thames Water £250K+ in court
Thames Water has been fined £250,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £7,000 at Reading Crown Court for polluting Chase Brook in Newbury, Berkshire.