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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville

Yorkshire Water fined over £700,000 for repeated sewage releases

A stream running through woodland with grey water and brown sludge on its banks
A photo released by the Environment Agency of sewage pollution in a stream in Pools Brook country park in February 2019. Photograph: Defra/PA

A water company has been fined more than £700,000 for repeatedly releasing sewage into a stream.

Yorkshire Water was issued with the penalty after pleading guilty to three offences of sewage pollution in Pools Brook country park near Chesterfield.

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