Submitted 1 year ago by Joker@sh.itjust.works to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/anglian-water-fined-300000-for-sewage-pollution-in-norfolk
Sewage flooded into properties and thousands of fish were killed
Kill thousands of fish and god knows what other wildlife, get a measly £300k fine that will be paid by customers rather than management anyway.
Yet another turd in the septic tank that is Thatcher’s legacy of privatising everything that used to be owned by the public.
Such a rubbish fine. It probably barely covers the cost of cleanup of dead fish by the Environment Agency, and the cleanup of private properties which had actual shit floating into them.
Not only was it an illegal discharge of sewage, but in an area they had absolutely no permit to do so, so it shouldn’t have even been possible for sewage to discharge here. And it was directly into a public water supply, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a beautiful National Park. They’ve clearly been extremely careless and/or nefarious when it comes to implementing the infrastructure.
The fine should have been at least ten times the amount.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
I wonder if Labour plan to actually fix this.