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South West Water agrees to pay £24m for wastewater failures
SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND, JUL 10 – South West Water will invest £24 million to improve wastewater systems after Ofwat found repeated legal breaches and environmental harm including 13,000 sewage discharges, regulator said.
- A £24 million enforcement package for South West Water has been proposed after a three-year investigation into its failures in managing wastewater treatment works and sewer networks.
- Ofwat reported that 54% of South West Water's wastewater treatment storm overflows spilled on 20 or more occasions between 2020 and 2024.
- Lynn Parker, senior director for enforcement at Ofwat, stated that water companies would always be 'held to account' for legal obligations.
- South West Water has agreed to the £24 million penalty, which includes £20 million for investment over five years to address specific storm overflows.
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bridportnews.co.ukWater company agrees to pay £24m after watchdog finds wastewater leaks
South West Water has agreed to pay £24 million after the water regulator found it spilled wastewater in the environment when it should not have done
·Weymouth, United Kingdom
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