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Enforcement action

Thames Water — Thames pollution fine

Environment Agency / Crown Court action against Thames Water: Repeated discharges of untreated sewage into the Thames and its tributaries from multiple sites.

Englandenforcement

Key facts

Regulator or court
Environment Agency / Crown Court
Subject
Thames Water
Date
2017-03-22
Penalty
£20.3 million

Violation

Repeated discharges of untreated sewage into the Thames and its tributaries from multiple sites.

Outcome

The largest freshwater pollution penalty at the time.

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