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Violation Tracker UK Individual Case

Company: United Utilities Water PLC
Current Parent CompanyUnited Utilities Group PLC
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement: United Utilities Group PLC
Company City/Town: Millom
Company County: Cumbria
Company Nation/Region: England
Company Number: 2366678
Penalty: £262,873
Year: 2015
Date: 3 March, 2015
Offence Group: environment-related offences
Offence Type: environmental violation
Violation Description: United Utilities was fined a total of £750,000 and ordered to pay £38,501.95 in costs and a £120 victim surcharge for allowing sewage to enter an estuary when a pump failed.
Action Type: agency action
Settlement Type: Guilty Plea
Case Number: 9475
Agency: Environment Agency
HQ Country of Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Parent: water and sewer services
Source of Data: Contained in data received in response to a Freedom of Information request for a spreadsheet version of data contained in the Environment Agency Public Register at (click here)