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Scotland environment: List of companies fined by SEPA

Scotland environment: List of companies fined by SEPA

waterynews Jan 2, 2024 3 min read

Businesses and individuals who breached environmental regulation in 2023 have been named and shamed by…

Somerset cheesemaker fined £20,000 for third pollution offence

Somerset cheesemaker fined £20,000 for third pollution offence

waterynews Dec 12, 2023 3 min read

Somerset cheese making company, Alvis Brothers Ltd, who make Lye Cross Farm cheeses, has been…

Yorkshire Water pays record £1million civil sanction

Yorkshire Water pays record £1million civil sanction

waterynews Dec 12, 2023 5 min read

Yorkshire Water has paid a record £1million to charities after polluting a Harrogate watercourse, following…

Man jailed for storage of asbestos without a permit

Man jailed for storage of asbestos without a permit

waterynews Dec 12, 2023 2 min read

A man has been jailed for eight months after pleading guilty to the storage of…

Significant fine for water company following hazardous chemical leak

Significant fine for water company following hazardous chemical leak

waterynews Nov 4, 2023 3 min read

Severn Trent Water has been fined £350,000 for polluting the River Amber in an incident…

Southern Water punished over ‘shocking’ wastewater spills

Southern Water punished over ‘shocking’ wastewater spills

waterynews Nov 4, 2023 3 min read

Southern Water has been hit with a record £126m punishment for spills of wastewater into…

OMEX Agriculture Ltd to pay £510,190 for wiping out over 135,000 fish

OMEX Agriculture Ltd to pay £510,190 for wiping out over 135,000 fish

waterynews Nov 4, 2023 9 min read

A faulty pipe leaked deadly fertiliser into River Witham, stretching 46km in ‘one of the…

Anglian Water pays £154,000 fine after sewage discharged into the River Til in Bedfordshire

Anglian Water pays £154,000 fine after sewage discharged into the River Til in Bedfordshire

waterynews Nov 4, 2023 2 min read

One of the UK’s biggest water companies has been hit with a £150,000 fine after…

Farming business fined after land spreading pollutes stream

Farming business fined after land spreading pollutes stream

waterynews Nov 4, 2023 3 min read

A County Durham company and its farm manager have been fined and ordered to pay…

Rivers polluted by “reckless” Thames Water, fined £3.33m after millions of litres of raw sewage flooded river

Rivers polluted by “reckless” Thames Water, fined £3.33m after millions of litres of raw sewage flooded river

waterynews Nov 4, 2023 4 min read

Judge – Thames Water “deliberately misled” the Environment Agency in and around pollution of rivers…