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Three major water utility companies in the United Kingdom face 168 million pounds ($214 million) in fines for numerous illegal sewage releases into rivers and coastal waters.

The water Authority two years ago began investigating the three water companies’ sewage treatment performance between 2017 and 2022. The investigation found that the three companies “regularly discharged sewage into rivers and seas, rather than ensuring that this (outflow) occurred only in a few exceptional circumstances, as required by law”.

The regulator, Ofwat, proposed fines of 104 million pounds for Thames Water, 47 million pounds for Yorkshire Water, and 17 million pounds for Northumbrian Water for their mismanagement of wastewater treatment and sewer systems.

The fine is a major blow to Thames Water. The company was already in crisis after shareholders stopped injecting new equity and its parent company defaulted on its debt. The UK water regulator has recommended that the company should eventually be broken up.

Ofwat stated that the water companies “failed to ensure that discharges of untreated wastewater from storm overflows occur only in exceptional circumstances, which has resulted in harm to the environment and their customers”.

Environment Secretary Steve Reed agreed the fines were appropriate, saying: “The unacceptable destruction of our waterways should never have been allowed — and it is right that those responsible for illegally polluting our rivers, lakes and seas face the consequences.”

The regulator also noted a “strong correlation” between high spill levels and operational problems at wastewater treatment facilities, suggesting that these companies have not “properly operated and maintained their wastewater treatment works”.

David Black, the chief executive of the water authority, said in a statement that the proposed fines were intended to underscore the severity of the failures and the authority’s determination to press water companies to do more and to promote “cleaner waterways.” The authority also stressed that companies are not allowed to pass on the burden of fines to customers.

The release of raw sewage can cause serious environmental damage and pose health risks to people swimming in affected rivers or seas. The UK’s Environment Agency is conducting its own investigation into the environmental impacts of the water companies’ discharges.

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