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2022
Northumbrian Water and JW Colpitts fined after worker injury
Newcastle upon Tyne Magistrates’ Court fined Northumbrian Water Limited £365,000 and JW Colpitts & Co Limited £30,000 after both companies pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches. The case concerned a 2018 incident in which a worker was struck by a suspended water valve; an HSE investigation found failures in risk assessment, safety measures, and supervision.
2021
Northumbrian Water fined for sewage pollution
Durham Crown Court fined Northumbrian Water £540,000 and ordered it to pay costs and a victim surcharge after the company pleaded guilty to discharging sewage effluent into a watercourse near Castle Eden. The Environment Agency said the pollution damaged the watercourse’s ecology and habitat and affected water quality.