POLLUTION: The outfall pipe from Southern Water’s Budds Farm site into a stream running into Langstone Harbour
Published in the Portsmouth News on Friday 22nd April 2011
Story By Jeff Travis
A WATER firm has been ordered to pay out almost £100,000 for polluting a beauty spot.
Southern Water received a hefty fine after allowing raw sewage to spill into Langstone Harbour from Budds Farm, its massive treatment works located at Havant.
The sewage, which had only been crudely screened, was illegally pouring into Brockhampton Creek for more than a year.
Southern Water pleaded guilty yesterday at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court to 16 illegal discharges between 29th April 2008, and 2nd September 2009.
The court also took 25 other discharges into account and handed out a £96,000 fine, plus £3,440 costs.
It is the second time in a fortnight that Southern Water has been fined. Last week it was fined £50,000 for releasing untreated sewage at Fort Cumberland, Eastney.
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