One of our key aims is to leave the environment in a better state than today so it can be enjoyed for generations to come.
A key part of that is to not over abstracting water from rivers and aquifers as well as breaching licensed or permits.
Our target during 2023/24 was to have zero breaches.
How have we performed?
We had 56 breaches during the 2023/24 reporting year.
26 were abstraction licence breaches, where we extracted more water than we were licensed to. The Environment Agency were notified and no environmental impact reported.
50 were environmental discharge consent breaches which we self-reported to the Environment Agency. These breaches were minor events and relate to process water from our clean water treatment works discharging into the environment or waterways.
None of the breaches caused a long-term impact and measures are in place to mitigate or prevent future events.
