Essar Oil UK Ltd pays over £0.5m in fine and costs for environmental offences in Cheshire
Essar Oil (UK) Ltd was sentenced at Chester Crown Court last week following a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency. The firm was fined £497,284 and ordered to pay costs of £40,000 in relation to 2 separate incidents which occurred in 2012.
River Tamar pollution costs South West Water £241K+ in court
In a case brought by the Environment Agency, South West Water has been fined £214,000 and ordered to pay £27,750 in costs for polluting the River Tamar.
Sewage leak costs Severn Trent nearly half a million pounds in fine and costs
In a case brought by the Environment Agency for sewage pollution, Severn Trent Water Ltd has been fined £480,000 and ordered to pay EA costs of £13,675.38 – one of the largest fines ever to be imposed on a water company.
EA calls for further reduction in water sector pollution incidents in 2015
The Environment Agency has called a further reduction in water sector pollution incidents in its annual report on environmental performance in 2014 for the nine water and sewerage companies in England, saying that further improvements are needed in 2015.
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.