Farm fined for polluting stream near Devon beauty spot
November 8 4:02 pm
On Thursday 8 November 2012 Liz
Iles of West Country news reported that North Devon dairy farm of UK have been
reported to pay, £5,623 in fines and costs for polluting a stream. The
authorities have confirmed BR, MJ & PJ Colwill the partnership operating the
farm pleaded guilty for discharging harmful pollutants in the stream. WelsFord
Farm is located at Hartland near Bideford UK. This stream is located near a popular coastal beauty spot if
the mess is not cleared quickly and effectively it could affect the tourism
revenue. The main reason the stream was polluted because the farm’ slurry
storage was full and it had overflowed and run down a bank and into a stream. The
environmental agency released a statement saying that the pollution was result
of lack of management. They also claimed that the management should have acted
earlier before the storage lagoon overtopped.
However the case has closed and
partnership operating the farm has pleaded guilty for discharging poisonous
pollutants in Speke’s Mill Stream.
This article is like one previous
article I posted; I think many people abuse their power sometimes whether it’s
a farm or oil company or mining this problem is always there. A lot of
companies violated many environmental regulations while doing their work. This
is wrong and should be dealt with very strictly. I think it was a good thing
this farm was cited for violation of environmental rules. Other agencies will
be more careful after seeing an issue like this. After all if we don’t care
about the society we live in our future generations will be in trouble and
world will be a lot more difficult place to live in. I also think many people get away
with doing this but judicial system should be harsh on the groups which are
pleaded guilty.
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