Water firm seizes stake in Devon sewage protester’s home over unpaid bills
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6NCHN)
Imogen May has withheld payments since 2019 and is thought to be one of thousands boycotting water charges
South West Water has taken a legal stake in a customer's home after she withheld her bill payments in a protest over sewage dumping in rivers and the sea.
Thousands of water company customers are thought to be withholding payments but this is the first known case of a company enforcing a claim against a customer's home.
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