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Sydney Water fined close to $200,000 for release of raw sewage into Parramatta River
Sydney Water will have to pay almost $200,000 after being fined for the release of nearly 3 million litres of raw sewage into the Parramatta River in 2018.
Key points:
- Sewage overflowed into Toongabbie Creek and Parramatta River after a wall inside Northmead pumping station collapsed
- Sydney Water was criticised for its record of environmental offences
- The court heard it was likely to reoffend
The agency pleaded guilty to two counts of water pollution in the Land and Environment Court.
It was fined $175,500 for those two offences and will also have to pay the Environment Protection Agency’s legal costs of around $22,000.
In October 2018, a wall inside the Northmead pumping station collapsed which flooded pumps and stopped them from…
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