Jail Water Company Bosses For Horrendous Pollution Says Environment Agency Water
The agency said water companies’ performance on pollution fell to the worst it has seen in years. It calls for jailing executives and board members if they oversee serious, repeated pollution because they appeared undaunted by enforcement action and court fines for breaking environmental laws. Emma Howard Boyd, chairman of EA, said: “The fines currently imposed by the courts often amount to less than a chief executive’s salary… Investors should no longer see England’s water monopolies as a one-way bet....