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Anglian Water fined £1.6m for sewage pollution of Essex river
A court fined Anglian Water £1.6 million after a faulty valve at its Braintree water recycling centre released sewage sludge into the River Brain over six weeks in 2022, polluting nearly 14 kilometres of river between Braintree and Witham. The company was also ordered to pay costs and a surcharge.
Our readThe six-week delay in catching a faulty valve says more about Anglian Water's monitoring than the fine itself does.
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