In the news now: charged over alleged fraud at Southern Water scheme. A former chief executive faces scrutiny over water-quality test manipulation to dodge penalties.
Southern Water executives and three others are accused of conspiring to defraud the Environment Agency and Ofwat by creating artificial no-flow events at wastewater plants to dodge environmental checks. The case, tied to operator self-monitoring, has included court challenges and a push to end self-monitoring. The matter will proceed at Medway Magistrates’ Court.