Anglian Water to pay out £62 million
It's after waste water failures
Last updated 29th Jul 2025
The water regulator has told Anglian Water to pay out a £62.8 million enforcement package, due to failures managing its wastewater treatment works and network.
Ofwat said it is proposing that the package must be paid by the company and its shareholders "for the benefit of the environment and their customers".
It said failures by the company led to "excessive spills from storm overflows".
The industry regulator said its investigation found that the water firm failed to run, maintain and upgrade its wastewater operations adequately to ensure they could cope with the flows of sewage and wastewater coming to them.
It added that the firm failed to have adequate processes and oversight from senior management and its board to ensure its operations were performing properly and would meet legal requirements.
Senior director for enforcement at Ofwat, Lynn Parker, said: "Our investigation has found failures in how Anglian Water has operated and maintained its sewage works and networks, which has resulted in excessive spills from storm overflows. This is a serious breach and is unacceptable.
"We understand that the public wants to see transformative change. That is why we are prioritising this sector-wide investigation which is holding wastewater companies to account for identified failures.
"We are pleased Anglian Water has accepted that it got things wrong and is now focusing on putting that right and taking action to come back into compliance."
The regulator said Anglian will create a £5.8 million community fund to support projects delivering environmental and social benefits for local communities, focusing on the water environment.
Anglian will also invest £57 million into developing excess flow management plans to adequately deal with wastewater flows in at least eight catchments in its region to provide local environmental improvements.