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20/11/2015
Farmer Fined For Polluting L'Derry Waterway
A Co Londonderry farmer has been fined £1,500 after pleading guilty to making a polluting discharge to a waterway.
Paul O’Kane, Gortnagross Road, Dungiven, was fined at Limavady Magistrates' Court.
On 26 June 2014, Water Quality Inspectors, acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency inspected the Gelvin River adjacent to the Gelvin Road. The bed of the waterway was covered in a grey fungal growth. The polluting discharge was traced to farm premises on the Gortnagross Road owned by Mr Paul O’Kane. The Inspectors observed farm effluent flowing through a storm manhole on the farm; a dye test confirmed the effluent made its way to the waterway. The Inspector estimated that 750 metres of the waterway was impacted by this discharge.
The Gelvin River is in an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI). The polluted watercourse is a tributary of the River Roe which supports a population of Atlantic salmon which are of international importance.
A sample taken at the time of the incident confirmed that the discharge contained poisonous, noxious or polluting matter which was potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.
Anyone wishing to report a pollution incident can call the 24 hour Water Pollution Hotline on 0800 80 70 60.
(MH)
Paul O’Kane, Gortnagross Road, Dungiven, was fined at Limavady Magistrates' Court.
On 26 June 2014, Water Quality Inspectors, acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency inspected the Gelvin River adjacent to the Gelvin Road. The bed of the waterway was covered in a grey fungal growth. The polluting discharge was traced to farm premises on the Gortnagross Road owned by Mr Paul O’Kane. The Inspectors observed farm effluent flowing through a storm manhole on the farm; a dye test confirmed the effluent made its way to the waterway. The Inspector estimated that 750 metres of the waterway was impacted by this discharge.
The Gelvin River is in an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI). The polluted watercourse is a tributary of the River Roe which supports a population of Atlantic salmon which are of international importance.
A sample taken at the time of the incident confirmed that the discharge contained poisonous, noxious or polluting matter which was potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.
Anyone wishing to report a pollution incident can call the 24 hour Water Pollution Hotline on 0800 80 70 60.
(MH)
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