Water firm fined ?240,000 over County Durham sewage discharges

19.01.2022

Northumbrian Water admitted two breaches of law after manhole collapse led to sewer blockageA water company has been fined ?240,000 after a damaged manhole led to two unauthorised sewage discharges into a stream.Untreated sewage leaked into Coundon Burn in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, on 13 March 2017. A member of the public rang Northumbrian Water after seeing effluent in the stream, and the firm - which had a turnover of ?834.6m that year - sent workers to free a sewer blockage. Continue reading...

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