Sewage works at Naburn waste water treatment works, York. Picture: Matt Clark
YORKSHIRE Water has been fined £1.1 million for illegally discharging sewage that polluted the River Ouse near York.
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd was sentenced today at Leeds Crown Court, after previously admitting three environmental offences relating to the operation of its Naburn treatment works in Fulford.
The Environment Agency prosecuted the company after its officers spotted the pollution while carrying out a monitoring survey on the river in August 2013.
They saw a large volume of sewage effluent discharging from the works into the Ouse. It smelled like sewage and could be seen in the water for about 200 metres to Naburn Marina. Water quality in the river was affected for up to a kilometre.
More to follow.
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