Welsh Water wins appeal to cut £1.35m fine to £120,000

WELSH Water has won its appeal to reduce a £1.35m fine imposed on the company after it admitted more than 800 breaches of its environmental permits to discharge sewage.

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Welsh Water appealed the fine at Caernarfon Crown Court arguing it had been excessive, and the fine has now been reduced to £120,000.

In May, the not-for-profit water company was fined after admitting it has not been properly monitoring water quality at 300 different sites.

Since 2010 there has been a requirement on water companies to carry out self-monitoring of their effluent discharges from their sewage works and water treatment works.