Thames Water, Britain’s largest water supplier, was fined 3.3 million pounds ($4.2 million) on Tuesday for contaminating waterways in 2017.
In 2017, the firm was fined 20 million pounds for pouring sewage into the Thames, harming wildlife and sickening people.
The company, which owes 14 billion pounds, claimed the fine was for a storm pump fault at its West Sussex location in southern England.
“We are deeply sorry for the entirely unacceptable pollution incident into the Gatwick Stream and River Mole six years ago,” stated interim co-CEO Cathryn Ross. “We fully accept that we made significant errors and exercised poor judgment at the time.”
If it cannot obtain more funding to turn around the company, which provides 25% of British households, the British government may take it over.
The statement said the corporation improved personnel training and site control systems to respond to pollution events effectively.
