Jul 4, 2023
Thames Water fined £3.3m over river sewage
Thames Water has been fined £3.3m after it discharged millions of litres of undiluted sewage into two rivers, killing more than 1,400 fish. Thames Water admitted four charges in an Environment Agency prosecution. Judge Christine Laing KC said she believed Thames Water had shown a "Deliberate attempt" to mislead the Environment Agency, by omitting water readings and submitting a report to the regulator denying responsibility. Defending Thames Water, Lisa Roberts KC said: "It shouldn't have happened and Thames deeply regrets the event." The record fine against a water company for illegal discharge of sewage is held by Southern Water at £90m. That fine followed nearly 7,000 incidents across Hampshire, Kent and Sussex in a case brought by the Environment Agency in 2021.
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