英国水公司1 000万英镑的污染罚款为51个环境项目提供资金,资金来自公司,而不是客户。 UK water firms' £10M pollution fines fund 51 environmental projects, with funds from companies, not customers.

英国五家供水公司的罚款超过1 000万英镑,将资助英格兰各地51个环境项目,包括泰晤士河谷和牛津郡的河流和湿地恢复项目。 Over £10 million in fines from five UK water companies will fund 51 environmental projects across England, including river and wetland restoration in the Thames Valley and Oxfordshire. 这些基金从2022年4月至2023年10月对污染的处罚中抽出,将支持诸如维萨姆河恢复和斯卢格粉笔流工程等倡议。 The funds, from penalties for pollution between April 2022 and October 2023, will support initiatives like the River Witham restoration and chalk stream work in Slough. 环境秘书和劳工议员确认这笔钱来自公司和投资者,而不是客户,目的是修复环境损害。 The Environment Secretary and Labour MPs confirmed the money comes from companies and investors, not customers, and is aimed at repairing environmental damage. 泰晤士河(Thames Water)在5月被罚款1.227亿英镑,面临持续的财政压力,债务达190亿英镑,目前正在向美国KKR公司出售。 Thames Water, fined £122.7 million in May, faces ongoing financial strain with £19 billion in debt and is pursuing a sale to US firm KKR. Ofwat监管机构说,该公司未能履行其环境和客户义务。 Regulator Ofwat said the company failed to meet its environmental and customer obligations.