River Wid on 13 September 2009, killing hundreds of fish. May 2011 – Ranked first in an Environment Agency list of worst water polluters, with 296 "unconsented incidents". August 2011 – An Anglian Water pumping station caused sewage to leak into the River Crouch at Wickford and Runwell. Peter Steward, from the River Crouch Conservation Trust, said: "It is such a small river it can't cope with sewage leaks." December 2011 – Fined £32,000 with £3,974 costs at Lincoln Magistrates' Court after polluting a Lincoln stream. Between July 2004 and October 2008, five previous pollutions were attributed to blockages in the foul sewer, and two formal cautions were issued to Anglian Water. "The defendant was aware of the vulnerability of the system before the 2011 incidents and failed to take appropriate measures," said Claire Bentley, prosecuting. October 2012 – Fined £36,000 with £5,973 costs at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court for polluting a stretch of the River Chelmer in Thaxted, Essex in June 2012, killing hundreds of fish, including lamprey, bullhead, minnow, stickleback and stone loach. The fine was reduced on appeal. March 2013 – Fined £20,000 with £2,896 costs after sewage spilled from a pumping station at Filby, near Great Yarmouth, into the Ormesby Little Broad. Between September 2006 and March 2011, there were five previous similar incidents. June 2022 – Fined £300,000 after a pumping station breakdown led to pollution, killing more than 5,000 fish in the River Wid in Essex. Carbon footprint The company's carbon emissions were 487,659 tonnes in 2012/13, compared to 485,273 in 2011/12, 504,026 in 2010/11, 493,702 in 2009/10, 498,115 in 2008/09 and 478,450 in 2007/08. Health and Safety Record On 18 December 2015, Anglian Water Services Limited (AWSL) was fined £400,000 with costs of £41,711 after pleading guilty to breaches of Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. Luton Crown Court heard three workers were injured in two separate incidents at its water recycling centres in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, and Saffron Walden, Essex. The court also heard Anglian Water Services Ltd had four previous prosecutions by HSE, the most recent in 2010, 2004 and 1997. An improvement notice was served on AWSL following a fall from a height accident in 2007. References External links Anglian Water website 1989 establishments in England Renewable resource companies established in 1989 Water companies of England Former nationalised industries of the United Kingdom Companies based in Cambridgeshire