Environment Agency - Severn Trent Water fined over pollution to Elmbridge Brook: On 4 October 2012, Severn Trent Water Ltd pleaded guilty at Redditch Magistrates’ Court to discharge of sewage into the Elmbridge Brook at Fairfield, near Bromsgrove, without an environmental permit.
The company was fined £25,000, and ordered to pay £5262.26 in costs, along with a £15 victim surcharge. The charge was brought by the Environment Agency under Regulation 38(1)(a) and Regulation 12(1) of the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010.
During February 2011, a report was made to the Environment Agency about a dark black liquid in the Elmbridge Brook below Fairfield. The report suggested that a sewer was overflowing. Discharges of sewage to watercourses are controlled by Environmental Permits which require the sewage to be treated to certain standards to limit the polluting effect.
The sewer system in question contained untreated ‘leachate’ from a nearby landfill site. Leachate is very contaminated water that percolates through landfill wastes, and must be disposed of correctly. The landfill had a consent with Severn Trent Water Ltd to discharge their leachate to the sewer system.
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