Anglian Water fined £150,000 for four illegal discharges

Anglian Water Services Ltd (Anglian Water) has been fined a total of £150,000  for four times allowing illegal discharges from its sewage treatment works in Newmarket to the No 1 Public Drain – on one occasion bringing about the death of 1,200 fish.

 

Ipswich Crown Court yesterday heard that the offences before them had occurred because of operational and management failures and failures to respond to alarms. The investigations undertaken by the Environment Agency con... (1121 more words)

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