United Utilities: cryptosporidium incident due to run-off water from agricultural land
United Utilities has announced that the court hearing in relation to the 2015 cryptosporidium incident at its Franklaw water treatment works has concluded – the root cause was identified as run-off water from agricultural land following severe rainfall.
Brazil rejects Total’s application to drill near Amazon Reef
Ibama, Brazil's Environmental Agency yesterday rejected the application for a licence to drill in the mouth of the Amazon Basin by the French company Total operating in a joint venture with BP. Ibama,
Poor quality effluent costs South West Water £142k in Court
In prosecutions brought by the Environment Agency, South West Water Ltd has been ordered to pay more than £142,000 in fines and costs for discharging poor quality effluent from two of its sewage treatment plants.
United Utilities plead guilty to supply of water unfit for human consumption
United Utilities has pleaded guilty to the supply of water unfit for human consumption following a cryptosporidium outbreak at its Franklaw Water Treatment Works near Preston in 2015 which left around 300,000 householders without tap water for more than three weeks.
Watercourse sewage pollution costs Yorks Water £600K-plus in court
Yorkshire Water has been fined £600,000 for polluting a Staithes watercourse with sewage that had leaked out from a poorly-maintained storage tank.
WASCs make environmental improvements but EA urges more action
The latest annual report on the environmental performance of the nine water and sewerage companies (WASCs) operating mainly in England from the Environment Agency says that the majority achieved close to or exceeded targets set to improve water quality.
Offshore oil spill exercise tests and validates remote sensing equipment
A recent offshore exercise, conducted by international industry-funded cooperative Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL), was designed to understand how remote sensing technologies can help detect oil spills at sea more effectively.
Fish kill costs Frome farmer more than £22k in court
A farmer has been ordered to pay more than £22,000 by Bath Magistrates’ Court for polluting a river in Frome, Somerset, killing nearly 2,000 fish.
Stream pollution incidents cost recycling firm £33k in court
A company and its director have received fines and costs totalling £33,000 after significantly polluting a stream with blood and then failing to notify the Environment Agency.
Stream pollution incidents cost recycling firm £33k in court
A company and its director have received fines and costs totalling £33,000 after significantly polluting a stream with blood and then failing to notify the Environment Agency.