Southern Water pleads guilty to 13 sewage spills on Kent coast

Dirty-handed water bosses who cover up spills face two years in jail from today

Extensive sewage discharges in UK rivers has prompted widespread fury (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images) Water bosses who try to hide their illegal sewage spills can now be locked up for a maximum of two years as a law change comes into effect. The new sentencing guidelines will be an option for judges from today, with the government hoping the threat of prison time will alarm executives into action. Last year, there were 3,614,428 hours of…

New laws that could see water bosses jailed over sewage spills come into force

Water company executives who obstruct investigations into illegal sewage spills now face up to two years in prison. Water company bosses face up to two years in prison if they cover up illegal sewage spills under new laws coming into force on Friday. The Environment Department (Defra) said no prison sentences have been handed to water company executives since privatisation despite widespread illegal sewage discharges, and the tougher penalties w…

Polluting water bosses face up to two years in jail for illegal sewage spills

Senior executives will also be banned from accepting bonuses if firms fail to meet Environment Agency’s standards

UK Water Bosses Face Up to Two Years In Prison For Polluting

Britain’s water company bosses will face up to two years in prison and be banned from taking bonuses for covering up sewage spills under new legislation in force from Friday.

The secret sewage ‘illegally’ dumped into rivers and seas

Data obtained by Channel 4 News shows water companies across the country appear to be illegally using emergency overflows to discharge sewage into rivers and seas. There are more than 6,000 of them in England and Wales – which regulators say shouldn’t be used more than once a year. But figures show that some are pumping out sewage more than 100 times. The government has vowed to take action against water company bosses unless this kind of behavi…

Southern Water pleads guilty to 13 sewage spills on Kent coast

Southern Water has pleaded guilty to 13 counts which relate to untreated sewage spills on the Kent coast.