The company illegally abstracted 22 billion litres of water from boreholes in Lancashire during a period of very dry weather
United Utilities have been hit with a hefty fine after illegally abstracting 22 billion litres of water from boreholes in Lancashire.
The Environment Agency said the aquifer, an underground water storage area, which helps to support healthy river flows and is an important public water source, will 'take years to recover'. The prosecution was brought after an investigation by the non-departmental public body revealed that United Utilities had taken more water than allowed in the Franklaw and Broughton Borehole Complex.
“While water companies are allowed to abstract water from the environment, over abstraction, especially during times of prolonged dry weather, has damaging impacts to our environment. Water Minister Rebecca Pow said: “It is absolutely right that companies that harm our environment are held to account by the courts, as has happened with United Utilities today. Through our Plan for Water we are driving forward work to improve our water system and deliver the change people want to see – including tougher enforcement, tighter regulation of water companies and increased investment.”
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