
Water firm agrees to pay multi-million pound penalty for wastewater failures
South West Water has agreed to pay a £24m penalty for wastewater spillages, the water regulator said.
Sky News
South West Water is a British private utility company responsible for the water supply and waste water treatment services throughout Devon and Cornwall and in small areas of Dorset and Somerset. South West Water was created in 1989 with the privatisation of the water industry. It was preceded by the South West Water Authority which was formed by the Water Act 1973 as one of ten regional water authorities formed by a merger of various statutory and local authority water undertakings. South West Water is part of the Pennon Group.
South West Water has agreed to pay a £24m penalty for wastewater spillages, the water regulator said.