Anglian Water to pay £63m over sewage failures
by Joanna Partridge from on (#6YYYD)
Ofwat finds company breached its legal obligations in how it operated its wastewater treatment works
The water regulator, Ofwat, has ordered Anglian Water to pay 62.8m over failures in managing its wastewater treatment works and network that meant it was unable to cope with sewage flows.
The regulator found that the company, which supplies water to 7 million customers across the east of England and Hartlepool, failed to operate, maintain and upgrade its wastewater assets adequately", leading to a breach of its legal obligations.
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