Six of the UK’s biggest water companies have been taken to court this week in a case that could see them pay £1.5bn in compensation to their customers.
The firms have been accused of under-reporting the number of raw sewage discharges they have made into waterways, allowing them to charge customers more than they would had they reported an accurate number.
The six companies involved in the legal case are Thames Water, Severn Trent Water, Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water and Yorkshire Water.