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Southern Water fined millions over sewage pollution that killed dozens of fish and eels

The Independent UK News · 22 September 2026 at 10:08

Southern Water fined millions over sewage pollution that killed dozens of fish and eels

The water firm says the pollution happened during ‘extremely heavy rainfall which overwhelmed our network’

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Southern Water fined millions over sewage pollution that killed dozens of fish and eels

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