Thames Water fine for water pollution reduced by over half

Thames Water has had its fine for accidentally releasing toxic chemicals into the River Wandle cut by the Court of Appeal.

 

Thames Water was fined £125,000 and ordered to pay £21,335 in clean-up and investigation costs in January 2009 after pleading guilty to allowing a large quantity of industrial-strength chlorine to spill into the River Wandle. On Friday (19 February), the fine was reduced to £50,000. The Court of Appeal ruled that the original fine was "mani... (312 more words)

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