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18/07/2001
FISHKILL SIGHTED ON SIXMILEWATER AT BALLYNURE
DESPITE an emergency clean-up operation by the Water Service the Sixmilewater has been contaminated by an as yet unidentified pollutant.
On 16 July 2001, DOE Environment & Heritage Service (EHS) was notified that the pollutant had entered the waste water treatment works at Ballynure, Co. Antrim, with reports being issued on the same day of a fish kill in the Sixmilewater, renowned as a high quality-angling river.
While an emergency operation had commenced to prevent the pollutant from reaching the river, Investigation by staff from the Fisheries Conservancy Board (FCB) found that, in spite of the determined efforts of the Water Service to contain the pollutant within the works, a proportion had managed to infiltrate the Sixmilewater.
It is believed that the pollutant is an industrial detergent. Statutory samples have been collected from the river and further samples have been taken from within the sewerage system in Ballynure.
A definite line of enquiry is being followed and collection of evidence is continuing with a view to prosecution. (CL)
On 16 July 2001, DOE Environment & Heritage Service (EHS) was notified that the pollutant had entered the waste water treatment works at Ballynure, Co. Antrim, with reports being issued on the same day of a fish kill in the Sixmilewater, renowned as a high quality-angling river.
While an emergency operation had commenced to prevent the pollutant from reaching the river, Investigation by staff from the Fisheries Conservancy Board (FCB) found that, in spite of the determined efforts of the Water Service to contain the pollutant within the works, a proportion had managed to infiltrate the Sixmilewater.
It is believed that the pollutant is an industrial detergent. Statutory samples have been collected from the river and further samples have been taken from within the sewerage system in Ballynure.
A definite line of enquiry is being followed and collection of evidence is continuing with a view to prosecution. (CL)
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