Sydney Water controversies
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2021
Sydney Water convicted and fined over sewage spill
Fine or penalty
The Land and Environment Court convicted Sydney Water and ordered it to pay $175,500 after almost 3 million litres of untreated sewage entered Toongabbie Creek and the Parramatta River. The court found that environmental harm occurred and that Sydney Water had control over the pumping-station failure.
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Justice Robson found that the events leading to the discharge were foreseeable, environmental harm occurred, and that Sydney Water had control over the failure of the pumping station.
Sydney Water has been convicted and ordered to pay $175,500 by the Land and Environment Court, following the release of almost 3 million litres of untreated sewage into Toongabbie Creek and Parramatta River in October 2018.