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This heartbreaking, hopefully the EA can do something.

It’s just f kin disgusting, cruel, negligence

Throw the b sted key away away I say!!

It happened several times on a beck I used to fish in Yorkshire for very large special grayling
Sewage works next to it polluted it several times killing fish……. Once is a mistake and bad enough.
 
absolutely disgusting and they obviously know who's causing this as it's the third time in happening , got to ask why three times and why are these people still in business and where is all the do gooders when they are needed
 
Happened on the River Witham about 3 yrs ago ,caused by a chemical discharged into River via an overturned tanker .
It was a sorry sight to see Pike to 28 lb found belly up ,roach ,Bream trout in large numbers .
 
Tragic. I think that it's the EA that can recommend/enforce that farmers bund pig slurry areas to prevent the leakage into a water course. The EA likely should have known about this.
 
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Ady Brayshaw said:
Tragic. I think that it's the EA that can recommend/enforce that farmers bund pig slurry areas to prevent the leakage into a water course. The EA likely should have known about this.
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Farms producing livestock slurries are required by law to provide a minimum of 4 months storage, 5 months in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones.

'If' the said incident is the result of leakage of slurry into the canal, then it's more likely this has occurred following slurry being applied to the land. Probably immediately after the removal of the 1st cut of silage given the time of year. Possibly applied to a sloping and/or compacted field which then experienced one of these very heavy summer but short down pouring we seem to be increasingly experiencing.

This being the case it should be easy to trace the source so long as it was followed up immediately.

But I would stress it's important to establish the facts. It could well be something else unrelated to farming.
 
Joe Winstanley said:
Farms producing livestock slurries are required by law to provide a minimum of 4 months storage, 5 months in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones.

'If' the said incident is the result of leakage of slurry into the canal, then it's more likely this has occurred following slurry being applied to the land. Probably immediately after the removal of the 1st cut of silage given the time of year. Possibly applied to a sloping and/or compacted field which then experienced one of these very heavy summer but short down pouring we seem to be increasingly experiencing.

This being the case it should be easy to trace the source so long as it was followed up immediately.

But I would stress it's important to establish the facts. It could well be something else unrelated to farming.
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It has been confirmed by the EA the cause is the leakage from a farm. Good to see the EA is working on it.
 
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