United Utilities Water fined £800,000 for illegally abstracting 22 billion litres

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Water company fined after illegally abstracting water from boreholes in Lancashire following successful prosecution from the Environment Agency

United Utilities Water Limited has been fined £800,000 by Warrington Magistrates Court, after being found guilty of illegally abstracting 22 billion litres of water from boreholes in Lancashire, the Environment...

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