Manchester Ship Canal bosses in legal battle with United Utilities over discharge of sewage into its waters
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA long-running legal battle between the owners of the Manchester Ship Canal and the region’s water company over the discharge of sewage into the canal has reached the Court of Appeal.
The Manchester Ship Canal Company (MSCC) are seeking to overturn rulings from last year that United Utilities (UU) is and continues to be entitled to discharge water and/or other matter into the canal, and that the canal company cannot bring any future private legal action over it.
There are a total of 121 sewage outfalls overseen by United Utilities which can discharge waste into the canal. The canal runs for over 35 miles from just east of Salford Quays to the Mersey Estuary at Eastham on the Wirral.
A court previously heard the discharges occurred on occasions when heavy rainfall causes the capacity of the sewage system to be exceeded. READ MORE: The dispute between the parties reached the Supreme Court in 2014, which ruled the firm had a legal right to discharge “surface water and treated effluent” from sewers that existed before privatisation in 1991.
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