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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Speare-Cole

£10m in fines paid by water firms funds restoration of sewage-polluted waterways

Tackling septic tank spills into Lake Windermere is one of the projects to have won funding (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Archive)

More than £10 million in water company fines has been channelled towards restoring waterways affected by sewage pollution, the Government has said.

Restoring riverbeds in Exmoor National Park and tackling septic tank spills into Windermere are among the 51 projects that have won funding across England.

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