South West Water has been fined £1.85m - a record fine for a drinking water offence - after it admitted to supplying contaminated water, which was unfit for human consumption, to thousands of residents in south Devon.
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South West Water has been fined £1.85m – a record fine for a drinking water offence – after it admitted to supplying contaminated water, which was unfit for human consumption, to thousands of residents in south Devon.
The district judge said the company was guilty of a “serious failure” to protect the public after a parasite entered the water supply through a damaged pipe in May 2024.
Some people were left with life-changing illnesses.
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