The water company's failures led to several incidents in three counties, magistrates are told.
The Environment Agency said this image showed sewage that had poured off the bridleway and into the tributary of Bourn Brook in CambridgeshireSystem and maintenance failures led to incidents in Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire in 2019, the Environment Agency said.Anglian Water pleaded guilty to charges in both cases, brought by EA and heard by magistrates.
After one particular incident, a subsequent biological survey showed dead aquatic invertebrates for 1,500m , the agency added. The company admitted failing to comply with an environment permit condition in Steeple Claydon, near Buckingham. The company also admitted causing poisonous, noxious, or polluting matter to enter inland freshwaters without an environmental permit and was fined £350,000 by Cambridge magistrates on Thursday.
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