River Thames: Sewage
(asked on 28th January 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions the Environment Agency has prosecuted Thames Water for illegal discharges of untreated sewage into the River Thames or its tributaries in the last five years for which figures are available; and in what instances a penalty was imposed as a result of any such prosecution.
The table below shows the prosecutions of Thames Water Utilities Limited by the Environment Agency during the five calendar year period (from 2015 to 2019) for illegal discharges of sewage to the River Thames and its direct and indirect tributaries.
Each row of the chart represents one prosecution. The watercourse related to the prosecution is shown in the centre column, and the type of penalty which resulted from the prosecution is shown in the right-hand column.
Table title: Prosecution of Thames Water Utilities Limited by the Environment Agency, 2015 to 2019, for sewage discharges to direct and indirect tributaries to the River Thames | ||
Date of Prosecution | Name of Water Course | Outcome |
16/02/2015 | River Blackwater | Fined |
29/08/2014 [03/06/2015] | River Enborne, Chase Brook and nearby watercourses | Fined |
04/01/2016 | Grand Union Canal | Fined |
07/03/2016 | Horsenden Stream | Fined |
22/03/2017 | Fawley Court Stream | Fined |
22/03/2017 | River Thames | Fined |
22/03/2017 | River Thames | Fined |
22/03/2017 | Moor Ditch | Fined |
22/03/2017 | River Thames | Fined |
22/03/2017 | Barkham Brook | Fined |
10/07/2019 | Maidenhead Ditch and River Cut | Fined |
21/12/2018 [26/07/2019] | Idbury Brook | Fined |