A sewage spill which contributed to the 2009 failure of Irvine Beach's bathing water has resulted in a £6,000 fine for Scottish Water.
NI Water Ltd was fined £500 plus £31 court costs at Newry Magistrates’ Court yesterday for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.
Northern Ireland Water (NIW) was fined £15,000 plus £37 court costs at Antrim Magistrates’ Court on Monday 7 June 2010 for discharging poisonous and noxious substances into a County Antrim waterway.
The Environment Agency has prosecuted United Utilities over a sewage spill pollution incident at Walverden Water, Lancashire.
Yorkshire Water has been landed with a £36,000 bill after admitting polluting the River Wharfe with effluent over a six month period.