South West Water has appeared at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court where it faced 30 charges relating to illegal water discharge activities and breaches of environmental permits. The charges relate to wastewater treatment works, sewage pumping stations and its sewer network at locations across Cornwall and Plymouth. The Environment Agency alleges that South West Water is responsible for “many hundreds” of illegal discharges at seven sites across Cornwall and one in Plymouth over a six-year period.
South West Water in court for ‘many hundreds’ of illegal discharges
