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UK water firms' £10M pollution fines fund 51 environmental projects, with funds from companies, not customers.
Over £10 million in fines from five UK water companies will fund 51 environmental projects across England, including river and wetland restoration in the Thames Valley and Oxfordshire.
The funds, from penalties for pollution between April 2022 and October 2023, will support initiatives like the River Witham restoration and chalk stream work in Slough.
The Environment Secretary and Labour MPs confirmed the money comes from companies and investors, not customers, and is aimed at repairing environmental damage.
Thames Water, fined £122.7 million in May, faces ongoing financial strain with £19 billion in debt and is pursuing a sale to US firm KKR.
Regulator Ofwat said the company failed to meet its environmental and customer obligations.
Las multas por contaminación de £ 10 millones de las empresas de agua del Reino Unido financian 51 proyectos ambientales, con fondos de compañías, no de clientes.