A water company has pleaded guilty to 13 counts relating to untreated sewage spills in Margate and Broadstairs. Southern ...

Water companies should no longer be allowed to monitor their own levels of sewage pollution, the industry body has told the ...

"Southern Water pleads guilty to 13 Kent sewage spills ... only three water company officials have been prosecuted by the Environment Agency without appeal, and the maximum punishment was ...

Southern Water monitors all its storm overflows. The company records when and for how long a discharge is happening. Permits are issued to water companies by the Environment Agency, which decides ...

Southern Water admitted it failed to comply with ... The prosecution, brought by the Environment Agency, covers a period from 2019 to 2021 - and includes incidents which closed several beaches ...

Water company bosses face up to two years in prison if they cover up illegal sewage spills under new laws coming into force on Friday.