水公司Severn Trent支付600,000英镑 修复莱斯特郡被污染的溪水 Water company Severn Trent pays £600,000 to restore a polluted brook in Leicestershire.

在环境署发现泵站运行不当导致莱斯特郡 1 公里长的 West Meadow Brook 被人类排泄物污染后，Severn Trent Water 向 Trent Rivers Trust 支付了 600,000 英镑。 Severn Trent Water paid £600,000 to the Trent Rivers Trust after the Environment Agency found that improper operation of a pumping station led to the pollution of a 1km stretch of West Meadow Brook in Leicestershire with human waste. 这个问题在解决之前持续了几个星期。 The issue persisted for weeks before being resolved. 这些资金将用于恢复生境和改善自然过程,以处理今后的污染。 The funds will be used to restore habitats and improve natural processes to handle future pollution.