United Utilities has been hit with an £800,000 fine for illegally abstracting 22 billion litres of water from boreholes in Lancashire. The water company has also made a £3 million contribution to support environmental projects in the area. The Environment Agency said that the over abstraction caused additional stress on the environment during a period of very dry weather in 2018 and led to a significant decline in the water level available in the Fylde Aquifer.
United Utilities fined £800k for draining aquifer
