dpack
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who poisoned my river then ?colne downstream of slaithewaite
info gratefully etc
dead fish ,maybe invertebrates
ummmmmm
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Jamanda
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When it happened to us it was the local meat processing unit. 
Bad news Dpack. I'm sorry.
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Rob R
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| Jamanda wrote: | | When it happened to us it was the local meat processing unit. |
No, I don't think it would be dpack himself 
| Jamanda wrote: | | Bad news Dpack. I'm sorry. |
Quite.
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dpack
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grim has been very busy over several days
the water looks clean over a freestone bed after the floods but there are many dead fish each day
the ea know but they will sort a £5000 prosecution later ,maybe
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dpack
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after the event is too late
for twenty years folk have ,more or less ,not killed the river
polluter pays isnt the nub of this ,it may be a scruffy wee river but it was full of life ,the dippers ,fishers and herons thought it ok even if the plastic and cars looked wrong and sometimes i could only score it a 2 for bod
this river was alive now it isnt as far as i can tell
it does flow fast and so will clean but it will take ages for the ecosystem to become as complex as it was on thursday
i wish this hadnt happened
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Brownbear
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Chalk one up for the bastards.
Then give them something to weep over.
I don't feel sad reading this, I feel glacial anger.
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dpack
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i watched a while today in sunshine and snow ,nowt fishy ,nowt invertebrate ,the fishing birds have moved on .
this was nasty
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Jamanda
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Did you find out who it was?
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dpack
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not yet but the ea is hopping mad
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Barefoot Andrew
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Will the perpetrators be properly for it if discovered?
A.
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Shane
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Massive fine is the usual outcome.
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dpack
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up to 10k and costs but that is not a fair response
only harsh can cover the blood money for an ecosystem that has taken 30 years to bring into life
i surveyed this river in 1976 and we ,collectively , have brought it back to life ,someone killed it
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dpack
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questions have been mis answered in hansard records of govt business
it is not recovering , no way could that river be said to be recovering
no invertibrates no fish , no birdy hunters ,i hate to add it but no mink
35 years since it has been this polluted
if i buy a fishy licence will you give me a name and address
grrrrrrrr
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gnome
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the trouble is, the EA have no teeth. the maximum fine is puny compared to the cost of disposing of toxic waste by legitimate means, and the EA have had their funding cut, so they really have their hands full at the moment. new legislation is useless if the agency charged with implementing it do not have the resouces neccesary. the government is too soft on cowboy indudtries - fines aren't enough - any company found guilty of criminal negligence should face compulsory takeover or closure. that's the only way to force them to abide by the law.
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Fee
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This is very sad, I'm sorry for you dpack
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