UK-based Wessex Water ordered to pay £11 million over sewage spills
Located in the Southwest of the UK, the water and sewerage company, Wessex Water has been ordered to pay an £11 million enforcement package due to failures in its management of wastewater. The Water regulator Ofwat has instructed that the penalty be paid by the company and its shareholders; it is not to be paid for by customers or added to bills. Currently, Wessex Water provides services to 2.9 million customers across Bristol, Bath, Dorset and Somerset. Ofwat found that Wessex Water’s...