Company Discharging Trade Effluent without Consent Fined
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Business
First Milk Cheese Company Discharge into Sewer with No Permission
United Utilities (UU) had brought the prosecution after its staff carried out an inspection near the food company's base inAspatria.
Magistrates heard that on May 17, 2013 First Milk was found to be discharging trade effluent to the public sewer without the appropriate consent from UU to do so.
The effluent was wash water containing whey and cleaning chemicals that got into the public foul sewer due to a damaged drain belonging to First Milk. The whey is a by-product of the manufacture of cheese.
It is a criminal offence under section 118 of the Water Industry Act to send trade effluent into a public sewer without agreement from the water company.
Setting the fine, magistrates acknowledged First Milk's environmental credentials as well as the fact that it was a first offence and that the company had apologised to both the court and UU.
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