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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Anglian Water fined record £1.42m for contaminating water supply

A person filling a glass with water from a running tap
Anglian Water used unauthorised plastic-based products to externally coat pipework, which contaminated drinking water. Photograph: Jeppe Gustafsson/Rex/Shutterstock

Anglian Water has been fined a record £1.42m for contaminating the water supply.

The company, which covers the east of England, received the fine at Northampton crown court after a prosecution brought by the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) for failures that affected 1.3 million people.

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