Government, Policy & Regulation

South West Water admits to illegal discharges and breach of environmental permit but case adjourned for sentencing at a later date

South West Water Ltd was before Plymouth Magistrates’ Court yesterday (14 November 2024) where the company pleaded guilty to five offences related to illegal water discharge activities and a breach of an environmental permit.

The company has admitted two charges relating to the Hooe Lake Sewage Pumping Station at Plymstock between August and September 2020 of causing a sewage discharge and breaching an environmental permit, one of causing a discharge into Polperro harbour in August 2019 and two relating to discharges at Bodmin Road, Whitleigh, Plymouth in August and September 2020.

The case was adjourned for sentencing at a later date.

SourceDaniel Ware
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