(Reuters) – Water company Severn Trent has been fined 1.5 million pounds ($1.98 million) for illegal sewage discharges, Britain’s Environment Agency said on Wednesday, after the country launched a major investigation into sewage treatment in November.
Severn Trent, one of the largest listed water firms in the UK, has been fined for discharges from four sewage treatment works in Worcestershire between February and August 2018, the agency said.
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(Reporting by Shanima A in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
