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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Steven Morris

Southern Water fined £330,000 for stream pollution that killed 2,000 fish

Fish died after sewage flowed into Shawford Lake Stream in Waltham Chase, Hampshire, in 2019.
Fish died after sewage flowed into Shawford Lake Stream in Waltham Chase, Hampshire, in 2019. Photograph: Environment Agency/PA

A water company has been fined £330,000 after raw sewage escaped into a stream in Hampshire for up to 20 hours, killing about 2,000 fish including brown trout.

Waste flowed into Shawford Lake Stream on the edge of the South Downs because of faulty equipment at a pumping station.

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