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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific: 1,833 cases from 37 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€147,975Total of monetary amounts
€147,975Largest single case: Sydney Water Corporation
€147,975Median per case with an amount

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  1. NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA NSW) / Land and Environment Court of NSW €147,975 100 % · 1 case

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  1. Environment and sustainability €147,975 100 % · 1 case

Who?

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  1. Clarence Colliery Pty Ltd €325,508 69 % · 1 case
  2. Sydney Water Corporation €147,975 31 % · 1 case

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1 case

7 May 2026 Sydney Water CorporationSydney Water: AUD 240,000 penalty after sewage overflow in Carramar AustraliaEmissions and permits €147,975

In two incidents in July and August 2022 around 423,000 litres of untreated sewage escaped in Carramar because plant had not been properly maintained, affecting a residential property, a sports field, bushland and Prospect Creek. After a guilty plea, the Land and Environment Court convicted Sydney Water and imposed AUD 225,000 for breaching its environment protection licence and AUD 15,000 for failing without lawful excuse to provide CCTV footage requested by the EPA.

What organisations can take from it

Operators of sewerage networks must ensure their plant is maintained and respond promptly to regulators’ information requests.

Relevance to training and awareness

Maintenance of wastewater plant and cooperation with regulatory information requests

Authority / court
NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA NSW) / Land and Environment Court of NSW
Area of law
Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
Legal basis
Bedingungen der Environment Protection Licence; Pflicht zur Vorlage von Informationen und Unterlagen gegenüber der EPA NSW
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Energy and utilities
Mitigating circumstances
25% discount for an early guilty plea.
Published
7 May 2026

Original amount 240,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 May 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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