The water firm was issued the penalty at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty in February to polluting Ingbirchworth Dike
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The water firm was issued the penalty at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty in February to polluting Ingbirchworth Dike
The water firm was issued the penalty at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty in February to polluting Ingbirchworth Dike
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The water firm faces a fine after Birxham (pictured) locals were infected with cryptosporidiosis - a waterborne bug, which causes…

More than 16,000 homes in the Brixham area were issued with boil notices for up to 54 days.

South West Water has been fined £1.85m - a record fine for a drinking water offence - after it admitted to supplying contaminated…

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More than 140 people were confirmed to have had cryptosporidiosis during the outbreak in Brixham in 2024

The company was prosecuted after the water supply in the Brixham area of Devon was contaminated by the parasite which causes…