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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Anahita Hossein-Pour

Thames Water dumped ‘millions of litres’ of sewage in river killing more than 1,000 fish

Thames Water pumped an estimated "millions of litres" of undiluted sewage into rivers near Gatwick Airport causing the water to turn "black" and kill more than 1,000 fish, a court has heard.

At a sentencing at Lewes Crown Court on July 3, the court heard how there was a "significant and lengthy" period of polluting of the Gatwick Stream and River Mole between Crawley, in West Sussex, and Horley, in Surrey, on 11 October 2017.

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