United Utilities fined £800,000 for taking 22bn litres of water from aquifer
by Helena Horton from on (#6DWSA)
Company breached three-year rolling limit on abstraction licence at Fylde aquifer in 2018
United Utilities has been fined 800,000 after illegally abstracting 22bn litres of water in Lancashire, causing damage to an important aquifer that will take years to recover.
The illegal removal of water from the Fylde aquifer, which happened during a period of dry weather in 2018, is likely to have negatively affected river flows.
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