A STREET sweeping company has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 after illegally tapping into Thames Water hydrants for the third time in three years. Go Plant workers were caught using illegal standpipes to take water from a hydrant in Didcot, as well as hydrants in Swindon and Shinfield in Berkshire, between October and March. The firm pleaded guilty at Reading Magistrates’ Court to seven offences, and was ordered to pay fines of £4,666 and costs of more than £6,000. The company was previously taken to court twice in 2019 over eight similar offences and was ordered to pay more than £6,000. Claire Rumens, Thames Water’s illegal connections manager, said: “We work hard around the clock to cut leakage from our network and ask our customers to use water wisely, so it is not fair for others to take water without paying.
Two street cleaning companies have been ordered to pay thousands after illegally tapping into Thames Water hydrants in Oxfordshire. The directors of Centurion Power Cleaning and National Road Sweepers pleaded guilty last month to offences under the Water Industry Act 1991 and the Water Supply and Fitting Regulations 1999, which took place last year. The companies were prosecuted by Thames Water after the company caught them using illegal standpipes to take water from hydrants across the county. Marcus Rickard, managing director of Centurion Power Cleaning Ltd, and Munya Chiromo, operations director of National Road Sweepers Ltd, both appeared at Oxford Magistrates Court on March 26.
A PLANT hire company has been ordered to pay £7,500 after illegally tapping into Thames Water hydrants in London and Berkshire for the second time in two years. Quattro Plant Ltd was prosecuted by Thames Water after the company caught workers using illegal standpipes to take water from hydrants in Winnersh and Croydon in May and October last year. Appearing at Reading Magistrates Court on March 19, director Adam Richardson pleaded to offences under the Water Industry Act 1991 and the Water Supply and Fitting Regulations 1999. The company, which was fined more than £8,000 in 2019 for seven similar offences, was ordered to pay £7,502. Claire Rumens, Thames Water’s illegal connections manager, said: “We work hard around the clock to cut leakage from our network and ask our customers to use water wisely, so it is not fair for others to take water without paying.
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