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23 Sep 2024

Autor:
Sam Tobin, Reuters

UK: Water companies sued for allegedly under-reporting sewage discharges and overcharging customers up to GBP 1.5 billion

"British water companies fight $2 billion lawsuits over sewage pollution," 23 September 2024

Six British water companies under-reported sewage discharges and overcharged millions of customers up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) as a result, lawyers bringing a landmark lawsuit told a London tribunal...

The utilities companies, including Britain's largest water provider Thames Water, are accused of misleading industry regulator Ofwat about the number of pollution incidents, which meant they were able to charge higher prices to customers.

But the six companies – which also include Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, Severn Trent, United Utilities and Yorkshire Water – say the case should be thrown out.

The lawsuit, the first environmental competition law action to be brought in the United Kingdom, comes as the amount of sewage pumped into Britain's waterways has sparked public anger, prompting the government to pledge tougher oversight.

Environmental and water consultant Carolyn Roberts wants to bring the case, which alleges the six water companies "significantly and/or systemically under-reported" the number of pollution incidents to Ofwat.

Julian Gregory, a lawyer representing Roberts, told the Competition Appeal Tribunal that Thames Water alone may have failed to report more than 6,000 discharges...

Gregory said the six cases should be certified to proceed towards a trial, an early step in the case. The water companies, however, say the case is precluded by English law regulating the water industry and should be dismissed...

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