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Simon Kershaw

Principal Water Quality Scientist

Cefas evidence supports successful prosecution in the Environment Agency versus Southern Water wastewater permit breaches case

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Cockles on Shellness Beach, Kent

Southern Water have recently been fined a record £90m for deliberately pouring sewage into sea. The Environment Agency also highlighted their response to the case which saw 6,971 unpermitted sewage discharges taking place in Kent, Hampshire and Sussex between 2010 …