Water company Severn Trent has been fined £1.5m by a court for illegal sewage discharges from its wastewater treatment plants.
The firm was fined for discharges from four sewage treatment works in Worcestershire between February and August 2018, the Environment Agency said.
The water company failed to respond to alarms warning of a blockage, failed to adequately manage sewage sludge, and failed to adequately manage a situation when a piece of equipment failed, Kidderminster magistrates court was
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