SWW admits dumping raw sewage into lake
The Herald|November 16, 2024
SOUTH WEST WATER PLEADS GUILTY TO FIVE POLLUTION OFFENCES
WILLIAM TELFORD
SWW admits dumping raw sewage into lake

SOUTH West Water has admitted causing pollution incidents in Plymouth and Cornwall. The utilities company appeared before magistrates in Plymouth where it pleaded guilty to allowing raw sewage into Hooe Lake and polluting Budshead Creek, in Whitleigh.

SWW also admitted polluting Padstow Harbour. It will be sentenced at a later date.

SWW admitted five offences in Plymouth and Polperro relating to illegal discharges and breaches of an environmental permit. The company was charged with discharging "poisonous, noxious or polluting matter" namely untreated sewage - into Hooe Lake from the pumping station between August 27 and September 2, 2020, contrary to regulations.

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