Wednesday 24 October 2012

Severn Trent Water fined £20,000 for polluting Gloucestershire brook

Yesterday, Severn Trent Water Limited, pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court to one charge of breaching a condition of their Environmental Permit.This led to a discharge of untreated sewage to a tributary of the Ley Brook in Huntley, Gloucestershire.The company was fined £20,000, ordered to pay £3,322.75 in costs, along with a £15 victim surcharge.The charge was brought by the Environment Agency under Regulation 38(2) of the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010.

Severn Trent Water fined £20,000 for polluting Gloucestershire brook

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