Six British water companies are facing lawsuits valued at over 800 million pounds brought on behalf of millions of customers for allegedly overcharging customers by under-reporting sewage discharges, a law firm said on Wednesday.
A 330 million-pound case against Severn Trent was filed at London’s Competition Appeal Tribunal , law firm Leigh Day said in a statement. Water companies have pushed back against the proposed claims, describing them as “highly speculative”. A spokesperson for industry body Water U.K. said: “This highly speculative claim is entirely without merit.”