UNISON welcomes record fine for Southern Water’s polluting actions

UNISON has today welcomed the record £90 million fine for Southern Water, after it dumped untreated sewage into seas off the southern coast of England, but warned that the issues were not limited to a single company.
Southern Water has been found to have discharged between 16 and 21 billion litres of raw sewage into some of the most delicate environments in the UK over a period of seven years. This was done to avoid financial penalties and the cost of upgrading the company’s infrastr