Interserve has been fined £54,000 after admitting discharging silt-laden water into a tributary.
The contractor admitted a single incident of discharging silt-laden water into a tributary of the River Rother in Burwash, East Sussex on 1 October 2014.
Interserve was contracted to South East Water over an 18-month period at the Crowhurst Bridge Water Treatment Works to improve South East Water’s ability to manage water treatment.
The Environment Agency discovered a brown discharge downstream of the works after a member of the public reported the discoloured water to them.
Further investigations showed that the river was visibly but locally impacted on a temporary basis.
In mitigation it was stated that this was an isolated incident of 25 minutes duration, during an 18-month contract and that the company was of previous good character.
There was no evidence that local wildlife was adversely affected.
David Willis, Environment Manager at the Environment Agency, said: “We take these incidents very seriously and do everything within our powers to safeguard the environment and people that may be affected.”
from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2017/02/20/interserve-fined-54000-for-polluting-river-for-25-minutes/
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