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Evening Standard
Holly Williams

Welsh Water set to pay out £44.7m over sewage spills

Welsh Water is set to pay a proposed £44.7 million after the industry regulator found ‘serious and unacceptable’ breaches in the supplier’s sewage and network services. (Alamy/PA) -

Welsh Water is set to pay a proposed £44.7 million after the industry regulator found “serious and unacceptable” breaches in the supplier’s sewage and network services.

Ofwat said the supplier failed to properly operate, maintain and upgrade its wastewater network to ensure it could cope with levels of sewage and wastewater, and did not have adequate processes in place or oversight by senior bosses.

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