The British government has charged the former CEO of Southern Water with conspiracy to commit fraud by falsifying water quality test results.

The Environmental Protection Agency has also filed criminal charges against four other former employees. The company serves all of the major cities in the south of the country and part of London.

For months, the company supplied residents with water contaminated with feces and parasites—cryptosporidium. The company pleaded guilty to supplying water unfit for drinking and offered an “unreserved apology.”

In May 2024, four people were hospitalized, and more than 140 cases of illness were confirmed in Devon.

The judge told the court that this was a “major public health incident.” The damage was extensive and profound, and the monitoring system was inadequate.

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