Faulty pumps cost United Utilities ￡38K

摘要

United Utilities appeared in court twice in May for causing sewage to be discharged into local waterways. The first incident concerned an overflow of sewage effluent into the river Douglas, near Wigan.rnOn 13 May, Wigan magistrates heard that a serious sewage pollution incident in July 2009 coloured eight kilometres of the river Douglas blue and suffocated thousands of fish, including roach, perch and eels.rnThe company only admitted that its Chorley Road pumping station in Stand-ish, Wigan, had discharged the sewage when investigating Environment Agency officers asked whether there had been any unplanned discharges.