曼彻斯特运河公司赢得最高法院判决，起诉联合公用事业公司污水泄漏，允许运河所有者保护水质。 Manchester Ship Canal Company wins Supreme Court ruling to sue United Utilities for sewage spills, allowing canal owners to protect water quality.

曼彻斯特运河公司赢得最高法院判决，以污水泄漏为由起诉联合公用事业公司。 Manchester Ship Canal Company wins Supreme Court ruling to sue United Utilities over sewage spills. 法院判决，运河或水道的所有者拥有维护水质的财产权，这为其他人对向水道排放未经处理的污水的水务公司采取行动铺平了道路。 The court ruled that the owner of a canal or watercourse has a property right to preserve water quality, paving the way for others to take action against water firms releasing untreated sewage into waterways. 大曼彻斯特河流是英格兰受污水泄漏影响最严重的河流之一。 Greater Manchester rivers are among the worst impacted in England for sewage spills.