Southern Water prosecuted for sewage pollution
The Environment Agency has prosecuted Southern Water for causing sewage to enter the Bevern Stream at Barcombe in East Sussex during September last year.
South West Water prosecuted for sewage spill
South West Water has been ordered to pay £11,875 in fines and costs after sewage overflowed from a North Devon pumping station into a tributary of the River Taw. The case was brought by the Environment Agency.
Redditch company fined for river pollution
On Wednesday 27 August 2008, FormFin Limited of Merse Road, Redditch pleaded guilty at Redditch Magistrates Court to polluting the Blacksoils Brook and River Arrow.
Environment Agency investigates major fish kill
Defra consult on Groundwater Regulations amendments
Anglian Water power failures led to hundreds of fish deaths
For more than three hours an Anglian Water sewage treatment works discharged sewage into the River Wid in Essex killing hundreds of fish and hundreds of invertebrates, a court heard last Friday.
Surrey transport company fined for River Thames oil pollution incident
A Surrey transport company has been ordered to pay a total of £6,867 after pleading guilty to polluting a stretch of the River Thames with oil.
Development site runs into pollution problems
Two major UK construction companies have been ordered to pay £21,800 for poor planning which led to water pollution at a construction site they were working on.
Water company fined for polluting Cornish stream with sewage
South West Water has been ordered to pay £7,299 in fines and costs after a sewage treatment works in North Cornwall polluted a tributary of the River Ottery. The case was brought by the Environment Agency.
United Utilities fined for river pollution
United Utilities Water PLC have been fined £12,000 at Halton Magistrates’ Court for allowing untreated sewage to enter Springfield Brook, Warrington.