Tag Archives: Fish KIll

Thames Water ordered to pay over £24,000 for sewage spill

A water company which caused untreated sewage to enter the Arford Stream and Lakes in East Hampshire killing hundreds of fish, was yesterday (Wednesday 14 December) ordered to pay a total of £24,015 by magistrates. Thames Water, based in Reading, … Continue reading

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Thames Water ordered to pay more than £61,000 after serious sewage spill

Britain’s largest water company has been ordered to pay £61,049 after devastating the aquatic life in two rural brooks in Hampshire and Berkshire killing between 7,500 and 22,000 fish. Thames Water Utilities Limited pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to … Continue reading

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Anglian Water Services fined for sewage overflow

21-Nov-2011 Anglian Water Services has been fined a total of £32,000 after two separate pollutions into the same Lincoln stream. Sewage and trade effluent twice escaped from the drainage system and ended up in the Roaring Meg  Drain causing a … Continue reading

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Firm ordered to pay £10,000 after River Quaggy Pollution

Lewisham company charged for causing acid leak into a stream. The Environment Agency has prosecuted Streamline Environmental Services for causing hydrochloric acid  to leak into a stream. Streamline Environmental Services of Brownhill Road, Lewisham appeared at Greenwich Magistrates’ Court on … Continue reading

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Statement from the Friends Of the River Crane Environment about Pollution

FORCE trustees and members have been very saddened to see the effects of a major pollution incident in the River Crane over the last few days. This has been caused by raw sewage flowing into the river by the A4 … Continue reading

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Environment Agency update on the River Crane pollution

River life along a seven mile stretch of a tributary of the River Thames has been wiped out following a major pollution incident, the Environment Agency confirmed today. An estimated 3,000 fish have been killed so far following a pollution … Continue reading

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Thames Water pledges to ‘repair’ polluted River Crane

Thames Water have today issued a statement promising to 'repair' the River Crane in West London that has been devastated by raw sewage. Local groups including the Thames Anglers Conservancy have been invited along for a meeting to discuss the … Continue reading

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River Crane Devastated by Raw Sewage

The River Crane in West London has been devastated by a massive sewage spill, wiping out thousands of fish. A faulty valve at Heathrow left Thames Water with no option but to release an unspecified amount of sewage straight into … Continue reading

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A summer of Sewage and why London needs the Thames Tunnel Now

The summer of 2011 has been one of the worst in recent memory for the devastating sewage discharges into the Tidal Thames. Figures obtained by the Thames Anglers Conservancy reveal that the Western Tideway has seen in excess of five million … Continue reading

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Environment Agency tackling fire foam in River Wandle

Environment Agency 23-Sep-2011   Officers from the Environment Agency are monitoring quantities of foam that have collected on the River Wandle. The foam escaped into the river as fire fighters fought to tackle a serious fire at a waste tyre … Continue reading

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