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ENGLISH and Welsh water companies have spent billions cleaning up their act; but in terms of court fines, they are among Britain's most polluting companies. Three of the privatised water companies are on the National Rivers Authority's unpublished "top 10" prosecution list this year. In the three and a half years since privatisation Dwr Cymru Cwf (Welsh Water), Mid Sussex Water Company and Anglian Water Service have been fined pounds 20,000 with pounds 797 costs, pounds 20,000 with pounds 5,000 costs and pounds 18,000 with pounds 969 costs, respectively. Shell (UK) Ltd's oil spill into the River Mersey in August 1989 tops the list with a pounds 1,000,000 fine, but the water companies take places seven, eight and nine.
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