South West Water guilty of sewage pollution

South West Water has pleaded guilty to a string of pollution offences across Devon and Cornwall, including hundreds of illegal sewage spills into protected waters and repeated discharges onto a popular beach.The prosecution, brought by the Environment Agency, concluded at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court this week with sentencing expected on 30 July 2026.The company admitted 17 illegal discharge offences, including sewage spills and one charge of failing to take reasonable remedial action afte