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Scottish Water fined for releasing wastewater sewage	<<>
Thursday, March 11, 2010
STRANRAER, SCOTLAND — Scottish Water has been fined for releasing wastewater sewage from the Stranraer wastewater plant into Loch Ryan that was not properly treated, BBC News reported. The March 11 story said the offense occurred between January and April of last year. Scottish Water was additionally fined for not complying with a condition of its water use license. John Gorman, investigating officer with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, said in the story, “Scottish Water was well aware of the legal requirement to meet European directive conditions and discussions had been taking place between Sepa and Scottish Water since May 2000. Loch Ryan has consistently been failing to meet the standards, and Sepa considers that the discharge from Stranraer wastewater treatment plant is contributing to this failure.” To read the entire article, click here. For related information, click here.
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