Wessex Water has turn into the newest utility to face a multimillion-pound enforcement bundle for sewage leaks, the business regulator has introduced.
Ofwat stated the corporate, which has 2.9 million prospects within the South West, was to pay £11m extra in direction of its wastewater infrastructure upgrades as a substitute of a effective.
The watchdog, which is dealing with the axe itself underneath a deliberate shake-up of business oversight, stated Wessex didn’t function, preserve and improve its community to make sure it may deal with flows of waste together with sewage.
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It dominated that Wessex, which is owned by Malaysia-based YTL, couldn’t fund the required extra funding by firm payments. The cash was to be spent on numerous particular tasks.
Ofwat stated Wessex was the sixth case it had accomplished in its wider wastewater investigation, which has resulted in £250m in fines and enforcement packages.
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Nearly half that sum is on the foot of cash-strapped Thames Water, the nation’s largest operator, which is presently searching for approval for a change of possession to forestall collapse.
Lynn Parker, senior director for enforcement at Ofwat, stated: “These cases are a crucial part of holding water companies to account and driving the transformation of the water sector that the public wants to see.”
Wessex Water stated it regretted the impression its wastewater efficiency had “on customers and the environment”.
The corporate stated the funding bundle “will tackle the problem directly” and that it was planning to take a position £300m in its sewerage infrastructure by 2030.
