Southern Water fined £7m after illegally dumping sewage off Kent coast

Southern Water has been fined seven million pounds for illegally dumping sewage off the Kent coast between 2019 and 2021, per The Guardian. The company pleaded guilty to thirteen offences related to wastewater discharges at stations in Margate and Broadstairs. The judge described Southern Water as having a record of criminality and cited it as an exceptionally serious aggravating factor.

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