Sewage in UK Law
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Record fine under sentencing guidelines
Southern Water is the latest company to receive a heavy fine for environmental offences, following a pollution incident in Kent in June 2012 where large amounts of sewage were expelled onto the Tha...... ... latest company to receive a heavy fine for environmental offences, following a pollution incident in Kent in June 2012 where large amounts of sewage were expelled onto the Thanet coastline after pumping station failures. The court heavily criticised Southern Water for complacency, particularly ... ...
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Creating Financial Accountability For Regulatory Failings
... ... collective actions. Whether it be in relation to the water industry ... and the discharge of untreated sewage and wastewater into waterways ... or uncompetitive prices for residential landline services See ... Justin Le Patourel v BT Group PLC (case number ... ...
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Thames Tideway Tunnel Gets Green Light
... ... Why does London need a 'super-sewer'? ... London's sewers were built in the 1860s by Sir Joseph Bazalgette to prevent raw sewage being flushed straight into the Thames (which at the time was thought to be responsible for a series of cholera outbreaks) at a cost of £4.2million ... ...
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Storm Overflows And The New Legislative Pressures
... ... companies can take to do so ... Over recent weeks water companies have faced further scrutiny in ... the press after excess sewage and rainwater caused by flooding ... continued to be discharged into seas around Britain. This adds to a ... sustained period over which discharges ... ...
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Higher Fines Imposed for Environmental Offences
Powerday plc was issued a record fine in April this year for offences relating to operations involving over 17,000 tonnes of waste deposited and stored illegally. Powerday – one of the biggest wast...... ... Whilst notable, the Powerday case (and fine) is no longer uncommon – Yorkshire Water faced a similar fine for sewage pollution offences this year while Thames Water was found guilty in January this year of two counts of breaching environmental regulations, resulting ... ...
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Record Fine Under Sentencing Guidelines
... ... latest company to receive a heavy fine for environmental offences, following a pollution incident in Kent in June 2012 where large amounts of sewage were expelled onto the Thanet coastline after pumping station failures. The court heavily criticised Southern Water for complacency, particularly ... ...
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Planning Act Blog 230: Waste Water Projects Come Within Planning Act as MPs Criticise NPS
... ... Switch-on for waste water projects ... As of tomorrow, applications for waste water treatment plants (sewage works to you and me) above a size threshold must be made to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC), joining energy and transport projects. ... ...
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Planning Act Blog 187: Waste Water National Policy Statement (NPS) Published Today
... ... The Waste Water NPS (that's sewage to you and me) deals with one type of nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP) in the Planning Act, namely waste water treatment plants ... ...
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Domestic Septic Tanks More Time To Comply
... ... Replace the septic tank with a small sewage treatment plant. The discharge from these plants is safer to discharge to a watercourse. However, if the discharge to surface water is more than 5 ... ...
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Planning Blog 2008: 164: Thames Tunnel Sites Revealed And Consultation Launched
... ... Thames Water has been working on a major project to provide additional sewage capacity in London. Yesterday, it launched the first round of public consultation on its proposed 'Thames Tunnel', which also revealed its preferred ... ...
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