Fines for UU and contractor over brook pollution

摘要

United Utilities (UU) and its contractor, KMI+, have both been fined nearly £iM in total after pleading guilty to polluting a brook. Appearing before Bolton Crown Court on June 24, 2016, UU was fined £600,000 and KMI+ £333,000. They were ordered to pay a total of £45,262 in costs (UU £19,090 and KMI+ £26,172) following a prosecution by the Environment Agency (EA). The court heard KMI+ had been contracted by UU to carry out improvement works at Wayoh water treatment works at Turton Bottoms.