From Environment Agency Sewage discharge equivalent of 2 Olympic sized swimming pools lasting 23 hours killed. Anglian Water has been fined more than half a million pounds. They failed to stop raw sewage being discharged into a river for 23 hours, killing 5,000 fish. Around 6 million litres of raw sewage, the equivalent of more […]
A water company has been hit with combined fines of over £1.2m for pollution incidents in East England, the Environment Agency has reported. Anglian Water was fined in two separate court cases after causing four pollution incidents in watercourses as a result of blockages and broken infrastructure. The water company was ordered to pay £871,000 […]
Anglian Water has confirmed the proposed location for a new reservoir in Lincolnshire, south-east of Sleaford, about halfway between Grantham and Boston, the company has reported. The reservoir will supply enough water for around half a million homes, as well as protecting the environment by allowing Anglian to reduce the amount of water taken from […]
From the Environment Agency Pollution from a water pumping station caused the death of over 5,000 fish in an Essex river. On 6 June 2016, Environment Agency officers were called to Shenfield and Hutton Water Recycling Centre, a sewage treatment works operated by Anglian Water, following an incident. It was found that all 3 pumps […]