Northumbrian Water has agreed to pay £165,000 to a North East charity, following a discharge which led to an incident of pollution near Newcastle in 2018.
The North East water company has agreed the sum with the Tyne Rivers Trust, after causing the unauthorised discharge from its Horsley Water Treatment Works, which leading to the pollution of Kitty’s Burn on the River Tyne.
Northumbrian Water in-turn submitted an Enforcement Undertaking to the Environment Agency, which has now been accepted.
