The Cost of Pollution Incidents to Business
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The Cost of Pollution Incidents to Business In the vast majority of the following prosecution stories, the remediation costs are NOT given, these costs normally far out-weigh the fine and in some cases can run into millions. Chemical Firm Hit With £300k Environmental Incident Enquiry Bill A fire at a chemical factory which polluted the River Colne, is estimated to have cost the company £6m in damages and lost business, now they have been hit with a £300k bill by the HSE and Environment Agency for their investigation into the incident ... To read more about Firewater please click HERE www.examiner.co.uk [December 2010] Sewage Spill Threatens Olympic 2012 Rowers The growing concerns over an industrial spill causing an environmental disaster and embarrassment at the 2012 Olympics was given fresh impetus with news that Australia's Olympic rowing program is in disarray after the closure of Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin due to a sewage spill. There are high levels of toxic bacteria in the lake after heavy rain last week damaged
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Sewage Spill Threatens Olympic 2012 Rowers of toxic bacteria in the lake after heavy rain last week damaged the Queanbeyan Sewage Treatment Firewater Kills Fish And Causes A River Of Foam in damages and lost business, now they have been hit with a £300k bill by the HSE and Environment The growing concerns over an industrial spill causing an environmental disaster and embarrassment at the 2012 Olympics was given fresh impetus with news that Australia's Olympic rowing program is in
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The Cost of Pollution Incidents to Business
In the vast majority of the following prosecution stories, the remediation costs
are NOT given, these costs normally far out-weigh the fine and in some cases
can run into millions.
Chemical Firm Hit With £300k Environmental Incident Enquiry Bill
A fire at a chemical factory which polluted the River Colne, is estimated to have cost the
company £6m in damages and lost business, now they have been hit with a £300k bill by
the HSE and Environment Agency for their investigation into the incident ... To read more
about Firewater please click HERE
www.examiner.co.uk [December 2010]
Sewage Spill Threatens Olympic 2012 Rowers
The growing concerns over an industrial spill causing an environmental disaster and
embarrassment at the 2012 Olympics was given fresh impetus with news that Australia's
Olympic rowing program is in disarray after the closure of Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin
due to a sewage spill. There are high levels of toxic bacteria in the lake after heavy rain
last week damaged the Queanbeyan Sewage Treatment Plant causing effluent to flow into
the Molonglo River which feeds into the lake ...
www.abc.net.au [December 2010]
Firewater Kills Fish And Causes A River Of Foam
Up to 100 fish have been discovered dead during an investigation into the effects of a
massive fire. The Firewater Run-off from the blaze covered miles of the River Skerne with
foam ... To read more about Firewater please click HERE
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk [December 2010]
Be Prepared For Environmental Civil Sanctions January 4th 2011 !
Environmental civil sanctions are an alternative means of enforcement to criminal
sanctions (including prosecution), available for use by both the Environment Agency (EA)
and Natural England (NE). The new regulations will allow those who unintentionally
commit environmental offences to be given notice that they are in breach of laws, and will
have more opportunity to repair damage and change their practices rather than being
taken to court. However, those who deliberately or recklessly cause environmental
damage will face legal action and their failure to ‘do the right thing’ will almost certainly
lead to much harsher penalties ...
www.defra.gov.uk [December 2010]
Severe Weather Raises Pollution Concerns Over Use Of Airport Deicers
Airports consume vast amounts of ADF (anti-icing/deicing fluid / Glycol) each year keeping
their runways free from ice and snow and aircraft safe to fly. Many airports and
contractors have been fined and had to face the cost of restoring environment damage
where glycol has entered the drains and got into the groundwater and ecosystem. New
legislation looks to be on the way for 2011 in the US, with Europe expected to follow ...
www.environmental-innovations.biz [December 2010]
Timeline Of EU Disasters That Led To Polluter Pays Principle Legislation
Successive man-made disasters have seen the EU adopt rules to enforce the 'polluter pays
principle' on companies responsible for major environmental damage. The European Court
of Justice concluded that it is only necessary for a member state to establish a weak link
of causation between operators' acts and the environmental damage in order to force
payment ...
www.euractiv.com [December 2010]
Spill Containment In Extreme Weather
No matter how well prepared a site is for a spill incident, everything changes in extreme
weather conditions. Basic spill equipment is rendered virtually useless during periods or
heavy rain, snow and ice. If you can't find a drain because it's covered with snow and ice,
or heavy rain washes away drain mats and spill boons, how can you protect your site and
the environment?
www.environmental-innovations.biz [December 2010]
Four Taken To Hospital After Freight Depot Chemical Spill
More than 30 firefighters, including a specialist hazardous materials team, dealt with the
spillage of 400 litres (105.7 gallons) of a highly flammable chemical. Chemicals leaked
into the site after two drums of ethoxypropionate were ruptured by a fork lift truck ...
www.bbc.co.uk [December 2010]
Swans Rescued From Oil Spill
Two swans have been rescued from the River Roch after being found covered in oil by
passers by – an oil covered heron is still missing.The Environment Agency, said: "We
continue to monitor the situation and are currently working to gather evidence and assess
the environmental impact following the spillage. Once our investigation is complete we
will decide what, if any, enforcement action to take.” ...
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk [December 2010]
Toxins Poured Down Drain Kills Thousands Of Fish
Thousands of fish found dead in a Fife burn were probably killed by toxic chemicals
dumped down a street drain, according to Scotland's environment agency. Anglers fishing
in the Lady Burn in Cupar alerted authorities after spotting the carcasses earlier in
November. As many as 5000 fish, mostly brown and sea trout, are estimated to have been
killed ...
www.news.stv.tv [December 2010]
Does Your Pesticide Storage Need Upgrading?
Safety, security and environmental impact are the major concerns when storing
pesticides. Proper storage can prevent accidents that could cause property or
environmental damage on the event of a spill or fire ...
www.gmpromagazine.com [December 2010]
EA ‘Helping Firms Do The Right Thing’
The EA’s new environment and business director, Ed Mitchell is aiming for a lighter-touch
approach. "The key priority is to make it as easy as possible for businesses to protect the
environment so that they can get on with economic recovery while performing well
environmentally," he says. "We want to move to a situation where we are doing all we can
to help businesses comply, rather than catching them out not complying.” ...
www.publicservice.co.uk [December 2010]
River Tawd ‘Once Again Ruined’ By Diesel Spill
The River Tawd has had it’s second pollution incident in two weeks, the earlier incident
had turned the river red “like tomato soup". Passers-by noticed the river had turned an
unusual colour by the bridge opposite Skelmersdale police station. The EA said the source
of the pollution had been identified and "have been working to gather evidence, and
assess the environmental impact of the spill” ...
www.osadvertiser.co.uk [December 2010]
Welsh Water Firm Admits Polluting Lake With Sewage
Water company Dŵr Cymru has admitted allowing untreated sewage to enter Llyn Padarn
lake in Llanberis, Gwynedd. Magistrates at Caernarfon gave the firm a six months
conditional discharge and ordered it to pay costs of £3,800 following the incident in
April. The Environment Agency said the lake was polluted after a sewer failure ...
www.bbc.co.uk [December 2010]
Barn Fire Left To Burn Out To Avoid River Pollution
Firefighters had to deal with 50mph winds as they tackled a huge barn blaze which
destroyed hundreds of tonnes of hay, straw and wood. Fearing Firewater run-off pollution
of the local River, "we took the decision to leave the incident to burn itself out.” “following
agreement from the Environment Agency” ... To read more about Firewater please
click HERE
www.icchesireonline.icnetwork.co.uk [December 2010]
Plant Nursery Fined £16k For Polluting Stream
A plant nursery has has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £6,178 in costs, after
polluting five miles of a stream in Norfolk. The court heard that the polluting liquid had
come from a stockpile of bulbs and cut flower stems in the yard at the nursery, and had
had a "catastrophic impact” on the local stream. The outlet has now been blocked to
prevent further discharge ...
www.bbc.co.uk [December 2010]
Agricultural Contractor Fined For Slurry Leak
An agricultural contractor has been fined £3,500 after admitting letting around 1,000
gallons of slurry leak, a pipe carrying slurry from the slurry pit to a field burst, leaving
slurry to flow into the stream ...
www.cambrian-news.co.uk [December 2010]
Water Poison Driver ‘Guessed’ Wrong Tank
A driver involved in the UK's worst mass water poisoning has told an inquest he had to
guess which tank to put 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate in. It affected the drinking water
of about 20,000 homes in Camelford, Cornwall, causing rashes, diarrhoea, mouth ulcers
and other health problems ...
www.bbc.co.uk [December 2010]
Water Company Fined After Sewage Spill Into River Wear
Northumbrian Water has pleaded guilty to allowing polluting matter to enter controlled
waters on or before February 5 this year. The Court heard how a sewage pipe burst,
contaminating a Beck at Gilesgate, Durham. Raw sewage flowed for more than a kilometre
and ended up in the River Wear, near the city’s racecourse ...
www.durhamtimes.co.uk [December 2010]
15ft Deep Firewater Foam Kills Fish Following Factory Blaze
Up to 100 fish were discovered dead after products stored at Stiller mixed with water used
by firefighters and covered the water with thick foam, in places up to 15ft deep ... To read
more about Firewater please click HERE
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk [December 2010]
Insulation Firm Fined £17.5k For Washing Oil Down Drain
An insulation firm has been fined after letting accidentally spilt oil pour down a drain. The
company was fined a total of £12,000 and ordered to pay costs of £5,563.53 plus a £15
victim surcharge fine. The EA discovered staining on the yard of the group's premises and
on the road, consistent with someone washing down oil into the drains. There was no spill
clean-up equipment on site. ...
www.edie.net [December 2010]
Shell UK To Be Prosecuted For Environmental Legislation Breaches
The Environment Agency and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have notified Shell (UK)
Ltd that the company is to be prosecuted jointly by both authorities. Charges for serious
breaches of environmental and health and safety legislation are being brought against the
company following an explosion and fire at the Bacton Gas Terminal, Norfolk in February
2008 ...
www.iewy.com [December 2010]
New Fish Stocks For Pollution Affected Trent
Thousands of fish have been relocated into parts of the River Trent affected by a pollution
incident 14 months ago. About 18,000 roach, barbel and dace have been released into
two sites on the Trent, at Stone and Rugeley. In October 2009, thousands of fish died in a
30-mile stretch of water between Stoke-on-Trent and Yoxall after a leak of cyanide and
raw sewage ...
www.bbc.co.uk [December 2010]
Clean-Up After Marina Diesel Spill
A clean-up operation is under way to remove thousands of litres of diesel from a marina in
Cumbria. The locks have been closed to reduce the environmental impact by preventing it
spreading into the open sea ...
www.bbc.co.uk [December 2010]
Chemical Spill At Aerospace Factory
Staff were evacuated after a chemical spill at a Flintshire aerospace factory. Four fire
engines were called to the scene after there had been a spillage of sulphuric acid and
chromic acid at the factory, which makes aeroplane parts. North Wales Fire Service said
an environmental protection unit and incident response unit was also sent ...
www.bbc.co.uk [December 2010]
Criminal Investigation Begins After Major Sewage Spill
Restrictions at a lake in East Sussex are being lifted following a major sewage leak last
month. The public had been urged to stay away from Shinewater Lake, Eastbourne, after a
pipe owned by Southern Water ruptured into more than a mile of stream. A criminal
investigation has started as Environment Agency officers re-oxygenated the lake to
protect the loss of fish and other wildlife ...
www.bbc.co.uk [December 2010]
Firewater Contamination - EA To Probe Shropshire Barn Fire
Environment Agency chiefs have been called in to help investigate a major barn blaze
near Market Drayton and monitor water run-off pollution control (Firewater) which
resulted in the death of around 100 fish in a nearby lake ...
www.shropshirestar.com [November 2010]
Environment Agency To Face 'Radical Reform’
The long awaited ‘Bonfire of the Quangos’ took place, and the flames were felt most by
the Environment Department which had fifty Quangos axed. Natural England and the
Environment Agency are to be retained, but both face ‘radical reform’ to make them
‘leaner and more efficient’. As with any business, saving s can always be made and
efficiency increased, but the catastrophic consequences of large scale environmental
disasters like the BP Gulf spill and recent toxic waste spill in Hungary are frightening
reminders that there is absolutely no room for complacency. The EA’s role as educator,
advisor and enforcer are all vital, we should ensure that the baby isn’t thrown out with the
polluted bathwater, creating a ’speed camera policy’ to plug the hole in revenues,
impacting education ...
www.environmental-innovations.biz [November 2010]
Firm Fined £13.4k For Waste Water Pollution That Killed Hundreds Of Fish
Recontainers Limited pleaded guilty to illegally releasing waste water into Swinnel Brook
and the River Ogden, which also damaged the environment, and killed hundreds of fish.
They were fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £3,408 costs to the EA ...
www.menmedia.co.uk [November 2010]
South West Water Fined £20k For Sewage Pollution
South West Water has been ordered to pay nearly £20,000 in fines and costs for polluting
a stream in Cornwall. Officers discovered signs of poor maintenance including sewage
fungus in an inspection chamber, pipe and filter bed outlet. In places the sewage fungus
was as thick as a "shagpile carpet” ...
www.thisiscornwall.co.uk [November 2010]
Pollution Black List Shames Big Business To Clean Up Their Act
A blacklist of 68,000 companies responsible for pollution is causing those named and
shamed embarrassment, forcing them to clean-up their act. Although the list comprises of
Chinese companies, the list has created waves around the world, companies like GE, Nike
and Walmart have started to use the list as a tool to help their supply chain management.
How long will it be before a similar black list is compiled of Western companies ? ...
www.abc.net.au [November 2010]
Tyre Depot Owners Face Firewater Contamination Prosecution After Blaze
The fire involved tyres and shredded rubber material, and had spread to the site buildings,
several site vehicles and fuel storage tanks. The EA are prosecuting the firm under
the 1990 Environmental Protection Act ...
www.wisbechstandard.co.uk [November 2010]
New Scientific Drive to Tackle Water Pollution
A new scientific drive begins 'to finally tackle water pollution more than 250 years after
the Industrial Revolution began to poison our rivers, streams and lakes’ ...
www.daelnet.co.uk [November 2010]
River Trent Cyanide Spill Kills Thousands Of Fish
The long-term impact of a cyanide and raw sewage leak into the River Trent is not as bad
as was first feared, the Environment Agency has said. Thousands of fish died along a 30-
mile (48 km) stretch between Stoke-on-Trent and Yoxall last October as a result of the
spillage. The investigation is still going on ...
www.bbc.co.uk [November 2010]
United Utilities Fined Thousands For Sewage Leak
United Utilities has been fined £7,000 for allowing raw sewage to leak into the River
Eden. Jane Morgan, prosecuting for the Environment Agency, said the leaks were caused
by blockages at the treatment plant ...
www.newsandstar.co.uk [November 2010]
United Utilities Fined £15.3k Foe Mersey Sewage Spill
The company was fined £14,000 and ordered to pay £1,334.32 costs to the EA. In January
2010, EA saw a discharge of raw sewage entering the River Mersey. The chamber of the
pumping station was blocked with fat from the upstream sewer network ...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk [November 2010]
Paper Mill Faked Figures To Hide Level Of Pollution
A jury has found a Paper Company guilty of lying about the extent of its pollution of the
River Culm to avoid paying up to £1.2 million for an effluent treatment plant. The firm and
the technical manager at the time of the offences, deliberately misled the Environment
Agency about the levels of pollutants ...
www.thisisexeter.co.uk [November 2010]
Chemical Spill Causes Chaos For A12 Drivers And Pollutes Local Stream
A tanker carrying 20,000 litres of the chemical linear alkyl benzene, which is an ingredient
in detergents, was involved in a crash at the Brook Street roundabout, Brentwood, off the
A12. The entire contents of the tanker flooded onto the road, with much of it pouring into
a nearby stream ...
www.basildonrecorder.co.uk [November 2010]
Government Cuts Hit DEFRA Hard
Defra's budget will shrink from about £3bn this year by about £700m by the end of the
four-year spending period, in 2015. As a result, the department and its delivery agencies,
including the Environment Agency, which monitors pollution and protects againstflooding,
and Natural England, which helps look after the natural world, will shed 5,000-8,000 out of
a total of 30,000 jobs ...
www.guardian.co.uk [November 2010]
Thames Water Fined £10k For Silt Pollution
Thames Water Utilities Limited, has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 after pleading
guilty to one offence of causing silt to enter a tributary of the Bydemill Brook in Wiltshire
in 2008 ...
www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk [November 2010]
Farmer Fined £14.5k For Polluting Stream
A Lincolnshire farmer was fined £8,000 and told to pay £6,425 costs, after magistrates in
Lincoln heard how he had allowed slurry from manure heaps to leak into a stream ...
www.thornegazette.co.uk [November 2010]
Burglary Causes Chemical Spill
Staff from businesses on the Crewe Gates Industrial Estate were evacuated after police
and fire crews were called to a report of a chemical spillage. The chemical, which has
been identified as formic acid, is believed to have been spilled following a burglary ...
www.crewechronicle.co.uk [November 2010]
Firewater Alert At Manchester Chemical Blaze
A fire at an industrial estate sparked a chemical emergency. The chemical was later
identified as being used in the manufacture of detergent, but because of its
corrosive nature, United Utilities and the Environment Agency officials have been called
out. A specialist firm is now on site working to prevent chemical reaching the drains or
local watercourses ...
www.menmedia.co.uk [November 2010]
Criminal Investigation Started After Sewage Leak
Work is continuing to protect wildlife at an east Sussex lake following a major sewage
leak. EA officers are currently re-oxygenating Shinewater in Lake Eastbourne to prevent
the loss of fish and animals. It started a criminal investigation after a large amount of
sewage entered the lake ...
www.bbc.co.uk [November 2010]
River Polluted After Paint Lorry Crash
A major clean-up was continuing in Northumberland after waterways were polluted
following a paint lorry crash. A curtain sided articulated lorry carrying 23 tonnes of white
emulsion paint rolled into a ditch south of the Bridge of Aln pub on the A697 between
Rothbury and Alnwick. When the vehicle was righted a large amount of paint entered the
Coe Burn, which is a tributary of the River Aln ...
www.journallive.co.uk [November 2010]
Farmers Told Keep Run-Off To Minimum During Maize Harvest
Farmers harvesting maize are being warned to limit surface run-off and soil loss that could
pollute watercourses and cause flooding. Wet weather had softened ground, increasing
the risk of soil running off fields into waterways, said the Environment Agency ...
www.fwi.co.uk [November 2010]
Environmental Cuts That Didn’t Make The Headlines
The Guardian thinks that significant changes to national conservation bodies are passing
under the news radar after the spending review 'bonfire of the quangos’. Earlier this week
an alliance of groups interested in the River Wye put a proposal to Defra offering to take
over the running of the river from the Environment Agency and other public bodies. They
suggested this could be a "blueprint" for other river systems. It was a plan apparently in
the spirit of the new regime, but Defra appeared to be cool about the idea ...
www.guardian.co.uk [November 2010]
Anger Over Raw Sewage In Brook
Local residents have been complaining about raw sewage and the quality of the Whelley-
Ince brook’s water for seven years now ...
www.wigantoday.net [November 2010]
Six Water Companies ‘Fail To Hit Leakage Targets’
More than a quarter of all water companies in England and Wales failed to do enough to
tackle leaks last year, the industry regulator Ofwat has said. The worst offender was
Yorkshire Water which lost on average 295 million litres a day from 2009-10 ...
www.bbc.co.uk [November 2010]
EA Using New Pollution Sensors To Tackle River Pollution
A new method for detecting pollution of rivers by diffuse agricultural, highway and urban
sources is to be tested by the Environment Agency. A five-month trial on the River Tamar
between Devon and Cornwall will involve “a variety of sensors” installed to sample water
quality automatically and to relay results electronically ...
www.environment-analyst.com [November 2010]
Chemical Spill At Southampton Leisure Centre
A Hampshire fitness club had to be partially evacuated after a chemical spill. It is
understood the incident happened when sodium bisulfate, which is commonly used to
treat swimming pools, came into contact with sodium hypochlorate - bleach ...
www.thisishampshire.net
Lorry Spills Cleaning Fluid Contaminating Water
A major chemical spill closed parts of a bypass in Manchester and contaminated a 600-
metre stretch of nearby water. The EA confirmed that the chemical, which they described
as an "alkaline solution", had entered the water below the A34 after a light goods vehicle
shed its load causing a massive spillage ...
www.menmedia.co.uk
Fresh Warning Over Banned Pesticide After Drinking Water Tests
The Environment Agency is carrying out more rigorous water testing this season after IPU
was found above drinking water standards in samples last autumn. Other key pesticides
found at unacceptable levels included chlorotoluron, propyzamide, carbetamide and
metazachlor ...
www.fwi.co.uk [November 2010]
More Tests On Contaminated Soil At Gasworks
A second round of tests is to be carried out on contaminated soil at the site of a former
gasworks in Surrey. Waverley Borough Council said it hoped to begin work next month at
the site in Farnham where deposits of tarry sludge, wood, slate and rope have been found
www.bbc.co.uk [November 2010]
Southern Water Fined For Sewage Leak
Southern Water has been prosecuted for allowing raw sewage to enter a tributary of the
River Itchen at Eastleigh. Appearing at New Forest Magistrates' Court the company
admitted the offence and was fined £5,000 with £3,440 costs ...
www.dailyecho.co.uk [November 2010]
Environment Agency’s Future Uncertain In Face Of Cuts
A leak claimed that 180 publicly funded bodies may be axed, in what the media has called
a ‘bonfire of the quangos’ amongst those who’s future is uncertain is the Environment
Agency. This raises the fear that the vital advisory and educational aspect of their role
may suffer as attention shifts to a more reactive stance after spills have taken place. 75%
of pollution incidents are estimated to come from non-regulated industries so the need to
raise awareness of the legal and moral responsibilities of businesses has never been
greater. The prospect of less education could well have catastrophic consequences for the
environment and for companies ignorant of the dangers ...
www.guardian.co.uk [October 2010]
Contaminated Firewater Tankers Stolen
Four tankers, each containing 30k litres of contaminated firewater, collected following a
fire at a hazardous waster plant, have been stolen. The fear is that the contents will be
dumped down a drain or into a watercourse, before the tankers can be sold by the
thieves ...
www.bbc.co.uk [October 2010]
Farming Company Fined For Polluting Stream With ‘Foamy Scum'
A farming company was landed with an £8,000 fine after pleading guilty to polluting a
Lincolnshire waterway with ‘foamy scum’ ...
www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk [October 2010]
80% Of UK Car Wash Firms Don’t Adhere To Pollution Regs
The Carwash Association says around 80% of car wash firms in the UK do not adhere to
regulations governing issues such as the safe disposal of waste water as outlined
in PPG13. There are estimated to be the estimated 16,000 hand car washes in the UK,
many on the sites of major supermarkets. It’s estimated that in the UK we spend £500m a
year on hand car washes. Sadly, this is just the tip of the iceberg, any company that hoses
down vehicles, bins or mechanical/agricultural equipment must also address the same
question, where is the contaminated water going? ...
www.bbc.co.uk [October 2010]
Firm Fined £66k For Eight Mile River Pollution
One of the UK's leading water and swimming pool chemical treatment companies, whose
careless operational practices led to a major incident and decimated the entire fish
population along an eight mile stretch of the River Coln, has been fined £66,000.They
Plead guilty to "failing to take all measures necessary to prevent a major accident, and to
limit the consequences of such an accident ...
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk [October 2010]
Oil Slick Washes Ashore In Essex
Four miles of beach at Southend have been affected by oil which was also reported on
parts of Canvey Beach. It is believed to have come from a boat in the River Thames and
the council is liaising with the Environment Agency ...
www.bbc.co.uk [October 2010]
Harmful Effects Of Sewage Water Pollution
Sewage disposal forms a chain of adverse effects like increase in Biological Oxygen
demands (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen demand (COD), and also leads to spreading of
water-borne diseases ...
www.water.ygoy.com [October 2010]
Clean-Up Planned For Orange River In Wales
Deep in the countryside of rural Mid Wales, the waters run bright orange. The garish hue
of the streams running down towards the river Rheidol are the result of decades of
metal mining in these green hills ...
www.walesonline.co.uk [October 2010]
Petrol Station Fined £10k For Forecourt Leak
An oil firm and petrol station operator face a fine after 10,000 litres of petrol leaked out of
a fuel tank ...
www.cambridge-news.co.uk [October 2010]
Recycling Blaze Raises Firewater Fears
A fire which raged through the night reduced a recycling unit in Buckley to a skeleton. “All
precautions were taken to prevent any fire water or pollutants from entering the local
water system.” ...
www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk [October 2010]
Transport Company Fined For Polluting Thames With Oil
A transport company has been ordered to pay a total of £6,867 after pleading guilty to
polluting a stretch of the River Thames with oil. The company was responsible for the oil
spill which affected about 40 swans ...
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk [October 2010]
Environment Agency Warns Farmers Of Woodchip Danger
With the price of straw now at £75-£90 a tonne many landowners see woodchip as a
cheap, or even free, alternative. However, the Environment Agency raised the alarm after
at least four incidents on Anglesey. The woodchip is reported to contain large amounts of
potentially harmful items such as glass, nails, treated wood, plastic and metals. All of
these could injure livestock, pollute the soil and the wider environment and enter the
food chain ...
www.farminguk.com
Aviation Fuel Leak As Military Vehicle Overturns On A68
A main road was closed after a military vehicle containing aviation fuel overturned
in Northumberland. A section of the A68 was closed while crews attempted to the clean-up
...
www.bbc.co.uk [October 2010]
Chemical Spill Closes A446
A chemical spill caused major problems on a main road in north Warwickshire, emergency
services closed the A446 Stonebridge Road in Coleshill after three 1,000-litre drums on a
lorry began to leak ...
www.coventrytelegraph.net [October 2010]
£6.5m Scheme Target Water Pollution From Farms
A five-year, £6.5 million project to tackle water pollution from agriculture has been
launched by Defra, the Environment Agency and the Welsh Assembly ...
www.farmersguardian.com [October 2010]
Water UK Under Scrutiny
English water regulator Ofwat will be reviewed by the government to make sure it is fit to
retain its role for future challenges. The review will look at how the non-ministerial
government department works, whether it offers good value for money and if it delivers
on its aims and objectives ...
www.waterworld.com [October 2010]
MP’s Disappointment At ‘Relatively Small Fines’ For Polluters
An MP has expressed his disappointment following a decision not to review the “relatively
small fines" handed out to companies after the Buncefield case ...
www.watfordobserver.co.uk [October 2010]
Pollution Prevention Pays!
Good containment won’t just save the environment, it makes sound financial sense and
will save your company money. Download this guidance pack from the Environment
Agency …
www.environment-agency.gov.uk [September 2010]
Deadly Sewage Leak Kills River Wildlife
A water company has admitted it is to blame for an untreated sewage leak that left more
than 1,000 fish and other wildlife dead in a north Hampshire nature reserve …
www.basingstokegazette.co.uk [September 2010]
Pollution Devastates Surrey Fish Farm
At least 700 trout have been killed at a Surrey fish farm after the River Tillingbourne was
contaminated by pollution. The Environment Agency says it believes it has traced the
source of the pollution and will oversee the remediation ...
www.fishnewseu.com [September 2010]
Surfers Against Sewage Find Dirty Secret At UK’s ‘Cleanest’ Beaches
Surfers Against Sewage claim at least one in four of Britain's premier bathing beaches are
failing to meet the strict requirements of their ‘Blue Flag’ designation …
www.guardian.co.uk [September 2010]
Sewage In River Lands Thames Water With A £77k Fine
Thames Water Utilities Limited has been ordered to pay more than £77,000 after
admitting allowing untreated sewage to pollute the River Aldbourne …
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk [September 2010]
MP Says £9.5m Buncefield Fines Were ‘Too Lenient”
The MP for Hemel Hempstead, Mike Penning, has described the record fines as “too
lenient” and highlighted the fact that the explosion caused over a billion pounds worth of
damage …
www.lexology.com [September 2010]
Abattoir Fined £24k for Blood Leak
A Cumbria-based abattoir company has been fined a total of more than £24,000 for a
series of breaches of environmental regulations …
www.meatinfo.co.uk [September 2010]
EA Urge Farmers To Check Slurry Storage
Taking action now – while it is drier and easier to empty and check any storage does not
leak - can help prevent slurry problems next winter ...
www.nfuonline.com [September 2010]
Waste Company Defends Safety Record After £40k Fine
The Waste Co was £40k fined after it admitted three health and safety offences involving
its handling of flammable chemicals and its equipment, but said it was down to human
error and not because there were systemic faults in the business …
www.yorkpress.co.uk [September 2010]
Two Welsh Rivers Polluted By Oil Spill
EA officers have already identified the source of the spill as a nearby red diesel storage
tank. It is believed that approximately 200-300 litres of oil have leaked from the store …
www.walesonline.co.uk [September 2010]
Loch Mess Mystery Pollution
SEPA are investigating the pollution at the head of the loch, which many believed to be
sewage …
www.helensburghadvertiser.co.uk [September 2010]
Chemical Spill In Primark
A section of Hounslow High Street was evacuated after a chemical spill in a Primark shop
…
www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk [September 2010]
UK Business Facing Wave Of Green Taxes
Thousands of British businesses will be liable for significant fines and charges under a new
government “green tax” scheme …
www.telegraph.co.uk [September 2010]
Sewage Discharged Into River Bann Northern Ireland
A member of the Harbour Commissioners has hit out at Northern Ireland Water following a
"disgusting" discharge of raw sewage on the River Bann at Coleraine …
www.colerainetimes.co.uk [September 2010]
Thousands Of Fish Killed in ‘Deliberate’ Toxic River Pollution
Thames Water has admitted it deliberately released a toxic flood into the River Ash.
Thousands of fish were killed and people have been warned not to go near the river …
www.stainesnews.co.uk [September 2010]
Environmental Firm Caught Polluting Water System
A company created to help the environment by producing an alternative fuel source
allowed polluting oils to seep into the water system in Birmingham, a court heard …
www.birminghampost.net [September 2010]
Cambridgeshire Chemical Plant’s 18 Month Clean-Up
The remediation of the land where Bayer CropScience once stood began in March 2010
and is due to complete in around the autumn next year …
www.bbc.co.uk [September 2010]
Tyre Blaze Raises Firewater Contamination Fears
The Fire Service worked with the Environment Agency throughout the incident to ensure
no adverse effects from water run-offs …
www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk [September 2010]
Yorkshire Factory Sealed Off In Chemical Spill Drama
Dozens of firefighters were called out to deal with a chemical spill at a Sheffield factory
which had to be evacuated …
www.thestar.co.uk [September 2010]
Thames Water Fined £12k For Raw Sewage Spill
Thames Water has apologised after being fined £12,323 for polluting a tributary of the
River Thames twice in two years. The company pleaded guilty to two offences under the
Water Resources Act 1991 …
www.bbc.co.uk [September 2010]
Milk Tanker Spills 10k Litres Into Brook
Firefighters pumped out about 10,000 litres of milk from Wellow Brook, which flows into
the River Somer following a tanker accident …
www.bbc.co.uk/news [September 2010]
‘Drinking Water Safe Despite Pollution’
The Environment Agency have moved to quell fears about land pollution in Breme Park,
which has resulted in groundwater underneath the previous United Engineering Forgings
site becoming contaminated.Investigations continue …
www.bromsgrovestandard.co.uk [September 2010]
Swans Rescued After Oil Leak
Oil covered the Thames just south of Caversham lock following heavy rain,
the leak came from the Vastern Ditch, which receives a large proportion of the surface
drainage water from west Reading …
www.henleystandard.co.uk [September 2010]
EA’s Probe Into Fish Deaths Continues
The Environment Agency is still investigating why thousands of fish died at a lodge in
Astley Bridge. Water samples were taken when fish started floating to the surface …
www.thisislancashire.co.uk [September 2010]
Playing Field Sewage Leak Angers Residents
Heavy rain caused a pumping station in Aldeburgh to overflow, spilling sewage on top of
the grass and running close to local allotments …
www.eadt.co.uk [September 2010]
Failure To Contain Waste Oil Costs Polluter £5k
Birmingham man was fined £2,500 after pleading guilty last week to one charge relating
to treating, keeping or disposing of controlled waste oils in a manner likely to cause
pollution of the environment …
www.oilfiredup.com [September 2010]
EA Investigates Death Of Hundreds Of Trout
The Environment Agency is investigating how more than 300 trout died in a river in east
Cornwall ...
www.bbc.co.uk [September 2010]
Anglesey Fish Farm Under Discharge Investigation
A fish farm on Anglesey is being investigated over concerns untreated water is being
discharged into the sea. EA Wales said it has made repeated requests for the fish farm to
deal with the failures of its waste water treatment system …
www.dailypost.co.uk [September 2010]
Sewage Floods Brook After Summer Deluge
Sewage was deliberately pumped into a Preston brook following recent heavy rainfall to
stop people’s houses being flooded with waste. A clean-up operation is now under way …
www.lep.co.uk [September 2010]
Five Firms Fined £10m Following Buncefield Disaster
250,000 litres of petrol leaked from one of the sites tanks resulting in explosions that
measured 2.4 on the Richter scale ...
www.bbc.co.uk [August 2010]
Anglian Water Fined £50k For Sewage Leak
Anglian Water has been hit with a huge fine after letting sewage pour into
an internationally protected water course, hundreds of fish and thousands of shrimp were
killed by the leak into the River Crouch in Essex ...
www.edie.net [August 2010]
Detergent Firm Bleach Spill Costs Them More Than £70k
A firm that makes detergents has been fined after polluting a river with bleach leaving 2ft
islands of foam in the water, the firm said nearly £70k has been spent stopping the
pollution, investigating the cause and in making improving the site ...
www.menmedia.co.uk [August 2010]
Only 26% Of UK Rivers Met Required Level Of Water Quality
In 2009, only 26% of rivers, lakes and other water bodies in England met the required
levels of water quality, as set out in the European Water Framework Directive ...
www.fwi.co.uk [August 2010]
Thames Water Admits Pollution That Killed 1000 Fish
Thames Water has admitted it was responsible for killing approximately 1,000 fish found
in a polluted stretch of Silchester Brook ...
www.getreading.co.uk [August 2010]
Hazardous Waste Firm Fined £52k For Chemical Spill
Following an incident discovered by a member of the public, a hazardous waste company
has been fined £52k for a chemical spill which killed a large number of fish ...
www.letsrecycle.com [August 2010]
Risk Of River Pollution Spoiling 2012 Olympics
The 2012 Olympics could be at threat from river borne pollution from the industry along
the banks of the Lea Valley ...
www.environmental-innovations.biz [August 2010]
Sewage Spill Kills Hundreds Of Trout At Surrey Fish Farm
Between 700 and 800 fish died at Tillingbourne Trout Farm in Abinger Hammer when the
pollution entered the River Tillingbourne ...
www.bbc.co.uk [August 2010]
Dairy’s ‘Ice Cream’ Spill Costs Them £62k
A dairy has had to pay a £12k fine and spend a further £50k on site improvements
following a 13,000 litre spill of wash water that turned the River Tawd into a ‘river of ice
cream’ ...
www.champnews.com [August 2010]
Recycling Firm Fined £28k For Oil Spill
A recycling company has been fined £28k for twice polluting a dyke with oil, which led to
the deaths of two mute swans ...
www.marketrasenmail.co.uk [August 2010]
Clay Company Fined For Polluting Devon Stream
A Devon clay company has been ordered to pay £7,210 in fines and costs after soil
escaped from a quarry site near Plymouth and polluted a small stream ...
www.environment-agency.gov.uk [August 2010]
Firm Fined £11k Following Solvent Spill
A water company has warned firms to be careful disposing of solvents after taking
legal action against a business that allowed it to be poured into sewers ...
www.web4water.com [August 2010]
Yorkshire Chemical Company Fined £15k For Environmental Offences
A Yorkshire chemical company pleaded guilty to three breaches of its environmental
permit for its site, through the use of zinc oxide, which can be toxic to aquatic life ...
www.environment-agency.gov.uk [August 2010]
£250million A Year In WaterPollution Fines Predicted
According to the National Audit Office (NAO) a failure to meet the EU requirements, which
demand 60 per cent of water bodies reach good standards by 2027, could potentially lead
to fines of up to £250 million a year ...
www.itn.co.uk [August 2010]
Welsh Beach Sewage Leak - Polluter Will Pay
The sewage leak has been traced back to a blocked private sewer and the agency said it
would ensure work was carried out to avoid a repeat ...
www.bbc.co.uk [August 2010]
Southern Water Fined £8k For Polluting River
A water company has been ordered to pay out thousands of pounds after polluting an East
Grinstead stream with raw sewage ...
www.thisissussex.co.uk [August 2010]
Diesel Spill Closes Town Centre
A diesel spill closed Wokingham town centre road while emergency services, the council
and Environment Agency work to mop up the fuel ...
www.getwokingham.co.uk [August 2010]
Firewater Contamination Risk At Packaging Recycler Blaze
A serious fire at a packaging recycler in Yorkshire raised fears of water contamination via
firewater and foam, company working with Environment Agency ...
www.packagingnews.co.uk [August 2010]
United Utilities Fined For Sewage Spill
Ecological surveys carried out by the Environment Agency found the pollution had a
serious impact on the water quality and ecology of the watercourse with a number of dead
stone loach and bullheads ...
www.burnleyexpress.net [August 2010]
Welsh Water Fined For Polluting River With Sewage
Welsh Water was fined £3,300.00 and ordered to improve it’s equipment after a three mile
stretch of a river in Wrexham was polluted with raw sewage ...
www.dailypost.co.uk [August 2010]
‘Gender Bender’ Chemicals Pose A Threat To Fish
Northern Ireland’s rivers are being checked for ‘gender bending’ chemicals that could
threaten the future of fish populations ...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk [August 2010]
Third Of Britain’s Beaches Pose Sewage Related Health Risks
Swimming off a third of UK beaches carries a one in seven chance of contracting a
sewage-related disease a recent report claims ...
www.themovechannel.com [August 2010]
Anglers Ensure Polluters Don’t Pay ‘Under The Table’
Angling Trust’s inclusion in civil sanctions regime to prevent fear of secretive agreements
with polluters where rivers have been damaged by pollution ...
www.communitynewswire.press.net [August 2010]
SEPA Outlines Priorities For Scottish Environment
Scotland's environmental watchdog has unveiled its plan of action for the coming year
as well as a brief analysis of how it thinks it is performing ...
www.edie.net [August 2010]
Leeds Chemical Plant Inferno Raises Firewater Risks
Following the blaze, local residents were told by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) to
stay indoors and pay attention to their water supply ...
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk [August 2010]
Environment Agency Look For Help To Identify Black Slop In Drain
The Environment Agency is appealing to the public for information about this strange oily
substance found in a drainage culvert ...
www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk [August 2010]
Accounting Rules Could Force Businesses To Disclose Environmental Impact On Local
Water, Plants And Animals
Companies could be asked to publish details of their environmental and social impacts
alongside their financial accounts under new rules being discussed with the organisations
that set accounting standards.News of the initiative – which would mean that businesses
have to account for the impacts they have on local water quality, plants and animals –
emerged as a major report for the UN is published today.
www.guardian.co.uk [August 2010]
Vandals Blamed For Major Chemical Spill
Unless your site has an in-drain auto containment system it’s virtually impossible to be
prepared for a Sunday night vandal attack. In this case 3,000 litres of hazardous liquid
spilled onto the yard, road, footpaths and into the drains ...
www.burtonmail.co.uk [July 2010] [August 2010]
Innocent Developer Faces Multi-Million Pound Clean-up Bill
A developer faces a multi-million pound bill to clean pollution found at a site it bought,
redeveloped and sold in the 1980s even though it did not cause the original contamination
and it had complied with all relevant laws during its ownership ...
www.mcgrigors.com [July 2010] [August 2010]
HSE - Warns Learn Lessons Or Be Prosecuted
Public liability insurance holders have been warned that they will be prosecuted if they put
workers and members of the public at risk. Lessons must be learnt from Buncefield ...
www.contractorscompare.com [July 2010]
Corporate Responsibility Is No Longer Optional
CSR is no longer optional. “The most successful businesses over the next decade or so
are going to be the most socially responsible.” “You know the best way to get the public to
respect your brand? Have a respectable brand” ...
www.thisislondon.co.uk [July 2010]
Vandals Cause 2000 Litre Diesel Spill Into River Almond
Extensive pollution of the Scottish River Almond was caused by vandalisation of a diesel
tank ...
www.news.bbc.co.uk [July 2010]
How Prepared Are Your Staff For A Spill Emergency?
Employees at Imperial Sugar Company’s Port Wentworth sugar refinery in Georgia are
getting continuing hands-on training in handling potential emergencies. Recently, in an
emergency preparedness drill ...
www.iscnewsroom.com [July 2010]
Firewater Risk More Dangerous Than Fire At Solvent Factory Blaze
"After consulting with hazardous materials officers we decided the best course of action
would be to adopt a defensive role. "That is not applying water on to the fire for the simple
reason of the environmental impact from the water run-off would have been more
damaging than the fire itself.”
www.news.bbc.co.uk [July 2010]
Plastics Firm Fined For Two Oil Spills At Recycling Facility
The court heard that up to a month after the spill proper cleaning had still not been
completed. In March of last year there was a second spill resulting in 740 litres of diesel
fuel leaking into the waterway after a staff member left the pump going after filling up a
fork lift vehicle ...
www.recycle.co.uk [July 2010]
UK Beaches Polluted By Thousands Of Sewage Spills
There are 15,000 sewage and floodwater overflows; of these, 457 affect
designated bathing areas, including 50 blue flag beaches. On the north coast of Devon,
three sewage overflow pipes discharged more than 70 times during the 2008 bathing
season and more than 50 times in 2009 ...
www.timesonline.co.uk [July 2010]
Scotland’s Beaches ‘Amongst Dirtiest In Europe”
The pollution of our beautiful beaches with sewage is now worse than that in almost every
other country on the continent, according to a new report by the European Environment
Agency ...
www.heraldscotland.com [July 2010]
Oil Spill On SouthCost Threatens Wildlife Reserve
The Environment Agency is investigating an oil spill on the south coast of England that
threatens to contaminate a wildlife reserve. Around 20 barrels of vacuum gas oil escaped
from Esso's Fawley terminal on Sunday, causing a slick that has washed up on two miles
of beaches in Southampton Water and The Solent ...
www.dailymail.co.uk [July 2010]
Lancashire Scrap Firm Fined £315k
"There were no sealed drainage system and vehicle parts were not stored on a
suitably impermeable surface. As such, the site could cause significant harm to the
environment” ...
www.recyclingtoday.com [July 2010]
River Irk Polluter Taken To Court
A town centre chemical firm is being prosecuted after a leak from its factory caused a
150ft wall of foam to appear in the River Irk ...
www.menmedia.co.uk [July 2010]
Three In Hospital After Chemical Spill At Food Factory
A chemical spill at a Deeside factory left 14 people needing medical attention. Firecrews
were called to the scene just before 5am and used an inflatable containment tent and
decontamination equipment to make the area safe ...
www.leaderlive.co.uk [July 2010]
Warehouse Blaze Forces Pollution Exclusion Zone
It has been confirmed that some small amounts of chemicals are contained within the
building and Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service is working with Southern Water and The
Environment Agency to minimise any potential risk and prevent the water run-off from
entering the watercourse ...
www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk [July 2010]
Oil Spill; Millions Spent Over 9 Years On Phase One Of Clean-Up
A Spill occurred in 2001 at an underground petrol container and ‘phase one' of the clean-
up is almost complete - original fine was £60k but BP has ‘spent millions on the site
since' ...
www.lutontoady.co.uk [July 2010]
Scottish Water Fined Again For Raw Sewage Spill
It's the fourth time in five years Scottish Water has been fined for pollution in the Torry
Burn - they were fined £3000 in April 2005, £3500 in September 2006 and £10,000 in
January 2007 and £12,000 for the recent pollution ...
www.dunfermlinepress.com [July 2010]
Anglian Water Fined For Raw Sewage Spill
The legal and investigative costs of the prosecution have been put at £30,000, with
Anglian Water also spending in the region of £30,000 on remedial work ...
www.echo-news.co.uk [July 2010]
River Could Take 7 Years To Recover From Firewater Pollution
The River Colne could take seven years to recover from the effects of pollution caused by
the Grosvenor Chemicals fire ...
www.examiner.co.uk [July 2010]
£4 Billion Boost For British Beaches
More than 160 beaches in England and Wales are to share the benefits of a £4bn
investment programme of environmental work to tackle pollution at source ...
www.edie.net [July 2010]
Multi-agency Crackdown On Illegal Waste
Environment Agency officers have raided a site in Essex believed to be a "hotspot" for the
illegal shipment of waste material overseas ...
www.letsrecycle.com [July 2010]
Radioactive Waste Casts Doubt of London’s Olympic Legacy
The development of the Olympic site in east London after the Games have finished could
be in jeopardy because of radioactive waste buried beneath the site, experts have warned
...
www.guardian.co.uk [July 2010]
Buncefield Fire - Storage Firm Found Guilty
Company controlled by Total and Chevron has been found guilty of grave safety failures
that led to the largest fire in peacetime Europe ...
www.guardian.co.uk [July 2010]
Councillor Calls For Return Of Water Bailiffs
A local councillor has called for a return to the old style system of bailiffs operating on
rivers in a bid to halt what he claims is ever increasing incidences of pollution ...
www.ballymoneytimes.co.uk [July 2010]
Oil Spill; Millions Spent Over 9 Years
Spill occurred in 2001 at an underground petrol container and ‘phase one' of the clean-up
is ‘almost complete’ - original fine was £60k but BP has ‘spent millions on the site since' ...
www.lutontoady.co.uk [June 2010]
Environmental Disaster Damages BP’s Reputation Brand And Profits
Although thankfully a spill on this scale is a rare and extreme case the financial losses and
brand damage should be a warning to any company that has the potential to contaminate
the environment on whatever scale …
www.thesun.co.uk [June 2010]
“Sewage Spills Will Drive Away Lake District Tourists”
"Environment Agency statistics show that a drain on the Glebe Road has overflowed on
average 248 times a year since 2000, pouring 131 million gallons of sewage on to
the town’s streets and into Windermere annually” ...
www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk [June 2010]
Heathrow Airport Fined £200k For Causing Fish Deaths
Heathrow Airport has been fined for causing the death of hundreds of fish in a nearby lake
following a spill of de-icing fluids ...
www.uxbridgegazette.co.uk [June 2010]
Plymouth Hospital Diesel Spill
The spillage involved a fracture to a pipe connected to an emergency power generator at
the Hospital ...
www.news.bbc.co.uk [June 2010]
EA Cleans Up River Lee As Part of London 2012 Green Legacy
Environment Agency funded work to remove 30,000 tonnes of oxygen-depleting sediment,
including three tonnes of tyres, three cars, 40 motorbikes and 120 shopping trolleys, from
the river ...
www.egovmonitor.com [June 2010]
Villagers’ Fury Over AW River Sewage Bid
One of the smallest villages in Suffolk is preparing to take on the might of Anglian Water
over its plans to pump sewage directly into one of the county’s most attractive rivers ...
www.eadt.co.uk [June 2010]
Campaign To Cut Cumbria Lake Pollution
Efforts are being made to reduce the amount of chemicals from household detergents and
animal waste filtering into lakes in Cumbria ...
www.news.bbc.co.uk [June 2010]
Ten People Are Treated After Dorset Chemical Spill
Ten people have been treated by paramedics after inhaling fumes from a chemical spill in
Dorset …
www.news.bbc.co.uk [June 2010]
Bathing Water Quality Test In South West
Bathing water at 191 locations in the South West is being tested to check the quality
meets European standards and regulations …
www.news.bbc.co.uk [June 2010]
Agricultural Chemical Spills Put Watercourse In Danger
Environmental Protection Unit was called to a chemical spillage to stop it from polluting a
Herefordshire watercourse …
www.tewkesburyadmag.co.uk [June 2010]
Major Sewage leak In Yorkshire
Urgent repairs are under way after a major sewage leak in Staithes ...
www.whitbygazette.co.uk [June 2010]
Leicestershire Recycling Blaze Cause Firewater Fears
A massive blaze at a recycling centre in Leicestershire raised concerns again about
firewater contamination ...
www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk [June 2010]
Another Fire Another Firewater Risk
A major fire at a retail park in Kent raises more firewater contamination concerns due to
the contents of the building involved ...
www. news.bbc.co.uk [June 2010]
600 Young Salmon Killed in Slurry Spill
A slurry spill is thought to have killed 600 young salmon and trout in a stream feeding the
River Teifi ...
www. news.bbc.co.uk [June 2010]
“Water Companies Sit Silent In A Pool Of Dirty Secrets”
"After all, haven’t the rivers and beaches around these islands been transformed by the
£85billion that has been spent since 1989 on cleaning them up?" ...
www.timesonline.co.uk [June 2010]
“Environmental ‘Deficit’ Is Greatest Threat To UK”
The environmental ‘deficit’ poses a greater threat to the future of the UK than its financial
deficit, warns the influential Aldersgate Group ...
www.energyefficiencynews.com [June 2010]
“Chilterns Water Affected By High Speed Rail”
Water supplies in the Chiltern district could be polluted if plans for a controversial high
speed rail link are given the go-ahead, a conservationist has warned ...
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk [June 2010]
The Hidden Costs Of A Spill
Although the headline says Severn Trent were fined £15k for polluting a river, the true
breakdown of what it costs appears at the end of the article, not to mention the
environmental damage and death of hundreds of fish ...
www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk [May 2010]
£800 Million Buncefield Bill Just The Start
As trial Begins one company has already been found 100 per cent liable for some £800
million of uninsured losses in a civil trial ….
www.watfordobserver.co.uk [May 2010]
Preemptive Pollution Prevention Measures Saves Money
Director of Marshalls explodes some energy myths and says going green was best
business advice ...
www.environmenttimes.co.uk [May 2010]
United Utilities fined £22k For Serious Water Pollution
United Utilities has been fined £22k for a serious water pollution incident that caused the
death of more than 6,000 fish in Southport ...
www.theengineer.co.uk [May 2010]
Fire Water Runoff Contaminates Nuneaton River
Over the next few weeks the Environment Agency will be monitoring and assessing the
long term impact of the pollution on the river environment and fish ...
www.mercia.co.uk [May 2010]
*Interesting side story to the above on the ‘hidden’ effects and it’s longterm impact on the
river, fisherman and the general public www.fishingmagic.com
Raw Sewage Pollutes Snowdonia Mountain Lake
The Environment Agency said the untreated sewage entered the lake after a sewer
failure ...
www.news.bbc.co.uk [May 2010]
Farmer Find £20k For Lack Of Environmental Permit
Carlisle farmer admitted operating an intensive chicken farming unit without an
environmental permit, when he appeared before magistrates ...
www.meatinfo.co.uk [May 2010]
Water Companies Not Farmers To Blame For Water Pollution
Study says household sewage waste rather than farm slurry should be the target of tough
pollution measures to reduce phosphorus levels in English rivers ...
www.theecologist.co.uk [May 2010]
Hotel Fined Over Cotswold Stream Pollution
A hotel has been fined over £11,000 for polluting a Cotswold watercourse for several
months ...
www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk [May 2010]
Toxic Spill Inquiry
The Environment Agency has completed it’s investigation into a pesticide spill that killed
thousands of fish in a Somerset watercourse ...
www.waterworld.com [May 2010]
Marco Pierre White’s Restaurant Admits Sewage Pollution
Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White’s Yew Tree Inn restaurant in Highclere has admitted a
series of charges of polluting the environment with sewage ...
www.newburytoday.co.uk [May 2010]
Farm Fined Over Stream Pollution
A farming company has been fined £15k after it admitted polluting a Lincolnshire
stream ...
www.news.bbc.co.uk [May 2010]
Swansea Lake Tested After Vegetable Oil Spill
The Environment Agency are carrying out tests to discover the source if an oil leak which
polluted a lake ...
www.thisissouthwales.co.uk [May 2010]
100 Devon & Cornwall Households Have Been Polluting Local Rivers
Wrongly connected waste pipes cause 100 plus households in Devon and Cornwall to
pollute local rivers ...
www.news.bbc.co.uk [May 2010]
Environment Agency To Carry Out Dye Testing At Exmouth
Dye testing of the sea off Exmouth to check the potential impact of a local stream and
storm overflow on the town's beaches and bathing waters ...
www.waterworld.com [May 2010]
“Weak Ruling” On Sewer Overflows Criticised
More than 4,000 UK Combine Sewer Overflows neglect relevant improvements ...
www.surfertoday.com [May 2010]
Restaurant Fined For Water Pollution
Pollution of the Ballinderry River cost Dungannon restaurant owners £5k ...
www.insideireland.ie [May 2010]
Set-back For Super Dairy Plans
An 8100-cow "super dairy" planned for Lincolnshire is unlikely to get go-ahead this year ...
www.fwi.co.uk [May 2010]
New SystemTo Help Environment Agency
The Environment Agency have signed 5 year deal with ABM for a case and investigation
system to help manage and prosecute green offences ...
www.live-pr.com [May 2010]
Diesel Pollution Hits Liverpool Waterway
Investigation begins into source of diesel dumped into Leeds Liverpool Canal ...
www.blackburncitizen.co.uk [May 2010]
Scottish River Hit By New Oil Slick
An investigation is under way after an oil spill polluted the Water of Leith for the second
time in six months …
www.news.scotsman.com [May 2010]
Bio-Diesel Pollution Hazard Exposed And Solved By UK Company
The Oil interceptors found in filling stations and public car parks are capable of separating
insoluble oils, such as engine oil and pure diesel from water, permitting the output to flow
into normal water courses. However, with the introduction of bio-diesel oil, interceptors
are now defeated as the bio-part of the diesel, usually Ethanol is soluble and emulsifies in
the water, thus is able to pass through oil interceptors into the environment causing major
environmental damage ...
www.environmental-innovations.biz [April 2010]
Recycling Plant Fire Burns For Nine Days
Environmental impact feared from firewater run-off as Recycling plant burns on nine days
after blaze started ...
www.granthamjournal.co.uk [April 2010]
Slurry Disaster Averted By Rain
Heavy rain averted a spillage of 20,00 gallons of waste from
destroying wildlife in lakeland haven ...
www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk [April 2010]
Scottish Water Fined Again
Scottish Water fined thousands for second time in a month for sewage spill ...
www.web4water.com [April 2010]
Swimming Pool Chemical Company In Court On Pollution Charges
A Cotswold swimming pool chemical company who’s factory ‘blew up’ and caused a local
environmental disaster faces court ...
www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk [April 2010]
Company Fined After Toxic Chemicals Wipe Out Aquatic Life
A Chemical company appeared in court after admitting polluting a stretch of the River
Colne near Huddersfield with highly-toxic chemicals ...
www.fishnewseu.com [April 2010]
Firewater Contamination Fears Following Blaze In Wales
Environment Agency Wales are keeping a "watching brief” on major fire to ensure that
nearby rivers are protected ...
www.news.bbc.co.uk [April 2010]
Catering Company Fined For Polluting Stream
A Fenland Catering Company was fined for polluting local stream with effluent from it’s
treatment plant ...
www.wisbech-standard.co.uk [April 2010]
Thames Water Begins £85 million Sewage Upgrade
Thames Water begins an £85 million upgrade to it’s Riverside Sewage Works in east
London to improve the quality of water in the River Thames ...
www.trenchlessinternational.com [April 2010]
Major Sewage Spill At Swansea Foreshore
A "significant" amount of sewage has leaked at Swansea Bay following the collapse of a
foul sewer near the city's foreshore ...
www.news.bbc.co.uk [April 2010]
Control of Water Pollution Regs Laid Before Parliament
Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) (England)
Regulations 2010 laid before Parliament ...
www.dehavilland.co.uk [April 2010]
River Eden Study Aims To Reduce Farm Pollution
A £2m environmental study is to be carried out in Cumbria in a bid to reduce agricultural
river pollution ...
www.news.bbc.co.uk [April 2010]
Oil Pollution Kills Kingfisher
The Environment Agency investigate oil pollution in the River Salwarpe Worcestershire
and start to trace those responsible ...
www.news.bbc.co.uk [April 2010]
Consultation On Flooding Begins in Essex & Sufflok
Public consultation invited by the Environment Agency on flood defence in Essex and
Suffolk ...
www.news.bbc.co.uk [April 2010]
Thames Water Begins £85 million Sewage Upgrade
Thames Water begins an £85 million upgrade to it’s Riverside Sewage Works in east
London to improve the quality of water in the River Thames ...
www.trenchlessinternational.com [April 2010]
Wildlife Killed By River Pollution
Wildlife killed after three miles of the river Salwarpe became polluted with oil ...
www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk [April 2010]
South West Water Fined For sewage Pollution
SW Water fined £5k for stream pollution also ‘invested £10,000 at the site to reduce risk
of it happening again’ ...
www.thisiscornwall.co.uk [April 2010]
Flood Insurance Predicted To Become Increasingly Scarce
Flood insurance is likely to become increasingly difficult to get for commercial property
says new survey ...
www.balkans.com [April 2010]
Yorkshire Farmer Fined £10k Over Slurry Flood
A Yorkshire farmer who allowed manure to flood a neighbour’s home was ordered to pay
fine of £10k ...
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk [April 2010]
Withdrawal Of Sheep Dip Chemical Good For Rivers
Rivers wildlife will have greater protection from pollution by Cypermethrin sheep dip now
permanently withdrawn from sale in the UK ...
www.salisburyjournal.co.uk [April 2010]
£10 million To Alleviate Floods In Wiltshire
After 14 floods and huge public pressure Thames Water complete alleviation works ...
www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk [April 2010]
New Enforcement Powers For Environment Agency
For the first time in the UK two green watchdogs have been given civil enforcement
powers to help them in the fight against environmental crime ...
www.webnewswire.com [February 2010]
8 Out Of Ten UK Ponds In A ‘Dreadful State’
Pollution from farmland, roads and villages has left 8 out of 10 ponds in a ‘dreadful state’
says UK’s biggest ever nature survey ...
www.guardian.co.uk [February 2010]
On The Spot Environmental Infringement Fines
New powers handed to Natural England and the Environment Agency means "farmers can
expect nothing but trouble” ...
www.thisissomerset.co.uk [February 2010]
Turkey Factory Fined For Pollution
£11k fine for Lincolnshire turkey factory that polluted drains with fat, feathers and blood ...
www.web4water.com [February 2010]
Devon Agricultural Contractor Fined For Diesel Spill
Pollution of Devon stream leads to fine for agricultural contractor in breach of oil storage
regulations ...
www.edie.ne t [February 2010]
Water Firms In Legal Row Over Pollution
Water companies have been accused of demanding a “licence to pollute” in a row over
the control of sewage outfall systems ...
www.express.co.uk [February 2010]
Skip Hire Company Pays High Price For Waste Mountain
Bosses of a skip hire company ordered to hand over £234k after admitting waste
offences ...
www.environment-agency.gov.uk [February 2010]
Big Freeze Leads To Sewage Spill
Frozen pipes cause Sewage works to discharge contaminated water into Basingstoke
river ...
www.basingstokegazette.co.uk [February 2010]
River Pollution Costs Construction Firm £10k
A Buckinghamshire Construction Company was fined £10k for turning local river 'orange
with pollution’ ...
www.web4water.com [February 2010]
Arrests Made At Illegal Waste Sites In Essex
Environment Agency targets illegal waste sites for untreated vehicle fluid pollution ...
www.ecofriendnews.com [February 2010]
Firewater Contamination From Industrial Blaze Poisons Fish
Hundreds of fish poisoned by contaminated firewater following 'arson' blaze at an
Industrial Estate ...
www.stourbridgenews.co.uk [February 2010]
Change Of Plea In Buncefield Hearing
Pipeline Agency changes plea to guilty in Buncefield fuel and firewater chemical pollution
case ...
www.hertsad.co.uk [February 2010]
Dairy Farm Fined For Slurry Spill
Dairy farm fined for allowing a slurry lagoon to overflow and contaminate a neighbouring
stream ...
www.web4water.com [February 2010]
Environment Agency Introduces Environmental Tool-Kit For Farmers
The Environment Agency develops environmental plan to help dairy farmers reduce
pollution ...
www.environment-agency.gov.uk [February 2010]
PSLG Publishes New Site Safety Report
The Process Safety Leadership Group has published it’s final report on site safety at fuel
storage sites .....
www.hse.gov.uk [January 2010]
Lorry Snow Skid Sends Diesel into Lake
Multi vehicle accident in snow and ice resulted in a diesel spillage entering a fishing lake
via the motorway drainage system ....
www.kentnews.co.uk [January 2010]
Freeze Forces Farmers to Dump Milk
The severe weather has disrupted delivery and collections, forcing farmers to dump milk
and risk environmental pollution .....
www.news.bbc.co.uk [January 2010]
Sewage Spill Blamed on Cotton Buds
A sewage pollution incident in Antrim has been blamed on cotton buds .....
www.news.bbc.co.uk [January 2010]
Devon Fuel Depot Fined £45k for Petrol Spill
A Devon based fuel company were fined £45k following the spillage of 80k litres of petrol
contaminated local groundwater …..
www.theengineer.co.uk [January 2010]
Blocked Valve Costs UK Company £70k
A faulty valve failure on a road tanker that led to a dangerous petrol spill has cost a fuel
storage operator £70k .....
www.healthandsafetyprofessional.co.uk [January 2010]
Sewage Spill Closes Southampton Shellfish Beds
Environment Agency has launched an investigation after sewage from a treatment works
spilled into the River Itchen .....
www.dailyecho.co.uk [January 2010]
Thieves Cause Major Garage Fuel Spill
A gang of thieves attempting to steal thousands of litres of diesel from a garage forecourt
caused road chaos and a potential environmental disaster .....
www.sleafordstandard.co.uk [January 2010]
Firewater Contamination Costs UK Company £240k
An international waste management company has been fined £240k following a major
chemical fire which closed two motorways …..
www.hse.gov.uk [January 2010]
Chemical Spill at Gloucestershire Ribena Factory
A fork lift truck driver pierced an 800 litre chemical drum at a Ribena factory in
Gloucestershire and triggered a major clean-up operation .....
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk [January 2010]
Diesel Spill Closes Panto Theatre
Panto bosses are counting the cost after a diesel spill forced the to cancel several
performances of Peter Pan in Kent .....
www.thisiskent.co.uk [January 2010]
Scottish Water Fined for Damaging Water Quality
SEPA have fined Scottish Water £10k following pollution in 2009 …..
www.envirotech-online.com [January 2010]
Users of Adblue Beware!
Haulage Industry up in arms over the strict new regulations imposed by the Environment
Agency regarding the storage and dispensing of Adblue the catalytic emissions reduction
agent...............
www.environment-agency.gov.uk [November 2009]
Five year plan begins to re-stock River Trent UK
The Environment Agency has begun the gradual re-stocking of the River Trent with fish
following recent cyanide and sewage contamination .....
www.burtonmail.co.uk [November 2009]
Polluters beware! Environment Agency calls for tougher penalties
The Environment Agency has called on courts for tougher fines for businesses that pollute
in an effort to keep the number of serious incidents down .....
www.mrw.co.uk [December 2009]
M4 motorway closed for 5 hours following hydraulic fluid spill
A broken down crane caused chaos to rush hour traffic after spilling hydraulic fluid on the
M4 motorway ......
www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk [November 2009]
Environment Agency tackles sediment pollution on major salmon river
The Environment Agency, Wiltshire Council and local landowner join forces to improve
water quality of major salmon river .....
www.fishnewseu.com [December 2009]
UK Government faces European court for sewage pollution
UK Government taken to European Court of Justice for failing to stop thousands of tonnes
of raw sewage pouring into the River Thames .....
www.guardian.co.uk [November 2009]
UK polluter fined for red diesel spill caused by thieves
A UK man was fined £12,000 after thieves damaged a tanker on his land, causing oil to
seep into ditches and damage wildlife .....
www.bymnews.com [November 2009]
Firm ordered to stop discharging effluent
According to web4water.com, the Environment Agency served a suspension notice last
week to prevent Red Industries of Burslem, Stoke, from pouring any further water into the
river after thousands of fish floated to the surface dead. Tests carried out by the agency
found cyanide at the sewer discharge point used by the company.....
www.web4water.com [October 2009]
Major Fire at Pallet Storage Depot Sparks Investigation........
More than 70 fire fighters are trying to contain a fire that has swept through a pallet yard
in Manchester. The flames, which have taken over the building in Lord North Street,
Miles....
www.news.bbc.co.uk [October 2009]
WORLD NEWS - Spills / Firewater / Incidents, Prosecutions and Fines
US - Wire Manufacturer Fined $1.5 Million For Wastewater Discharge
Investigators determined that the manufacturer of galvanized wire, illegally discharged
wastewater with acidic levels from its plant in Irwindale on a routine basis. “Their illegal
discharges put the surrounding community at risk by damaging the sewer pipes,
potentially impacting public health and the environment.” ...
www.watertechonline.com [December 2010]
US - Truck Spills 28 Tons Of Salt Into River
A tractor trailer fell down an embankment and landed in the Eagle River, the truck spilled
about 28 tons of salt used to make fertilizer into the river ...
www.aspentimes.com [December 2010]
World’s Rivers In A ‘Crisis Of Ominous Proportions,’ Study Claims
The world’s rivers, the single largest renewable water resource for humans and a crucible
of aquatic biodiversity, are in a crisis of ominous proportions, says a recent global
analysis.The report in the journal Nature, is the first to simultaneously account for the
effects of such things as pollution, dam building, agricultural runoff, the conversion of
wetlands and the introduction of exotic species on the health of the world’s rivers. The
resulting portrait of the global riverine environment, according to the scientists who
conducted the analysis, is grim. It reveals that nearly 80 percent of the world’s human
population lives in areas where river waters are highly threatened posing a major threat to
human water security and resulting in aquatic environments where thousands of species
of plants and animals are at risk of extinction ...
www.newsofthenorth.net [December 2010]
US - Concrete Firm Faces $35.5k Per Day Penalty For Water Violations
The Concrete company is accused of violating the CWA by discharging stormwater and
process water into wetlands and waterways, including the Little River, without the
required authorization under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit,
the release stated. The complaint proposes that they pay a penalty of up to $37,500 per
day, per violation ...
www.watertechonline.com [December 2010]
HUNGARY - Toxic Waste Spill Victims Protest
Residents of Devecser in western Hungary, one of the towns worst hit by a recent toxic
industrial waste spill, on Wednesday said they would go ahead with a planned
demonstration despite a police order to call it off. 'We have nothing to lose, the red mud
took everything we own,' Geza Csenki, organiser of the protest told the state news agency
MTI. Devecser was inundated when up to a million cubic metres of caustic slurry poured
from the MAL Hungarian Aluminium plant in Ajaka after a wall of a waste reservoir
collapsed on October 4 ...
www.monstersandcritics.com [December 2010]
NEW ZEALAND - Canterbury Lake Pollution A Concern
More lakes have deteriorated in the past five years in Canterbury than in any other region
in the country, a Government report shows. There has been a slight "but significant"
improvement in lake-water quality across the country, the Ministry for the Environment
report, released yesterday, says. Of the 68 lakes with reliable monitoring data between
2005 and 2009, the water quality of 19 had declined, with 15 of those lakes in
Canterbury ...
www.stuff.co.nz [December 2010]
ISRAEL - $325k Fine For Sea Pollution
The sanction was imposed for failure to report on time the dumping or discharge of water
or wastewater into the sea (600,000 shekel sanction) and for failing to reduce the quantity
of sludge discharged to sea by 15% by means of N-Viro treatment beginning in July 2010
(600,000 shekel sanction). ...
www.environment.gov.il [December 2010]
CANADA - Siren Alarm Failures At Chemical Spill
This time, it was no drill. When sirens sounded Wednesday, Nov. 3, following a sulfuric
acid spill at a West Hill chemical plant, a warning system set up for area residents and
tested many times faced its first real emergency ...
www.insidetoronto.com [December 2010]
US - Uncontrolled Medical Drug Discharges into Drinking Water
A new effort by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stem mounting water
pollution from pharmaceuticals will be ineffective and may make matters worse, according
to comments filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). EPA
is attempting to stem the disposal of drugs by health facilities into sewers which
eventually discharge into freshwater sources ...
www.commondreams.org [December 2010]
AUSTRALIA - Acid Spill Sparks Major Emergency
Firefighters evacuated multiple businesses and homes after more than 5000 litres of
chemicals were spilt at a business in Kingsthorpe. Six fire crews prepared for the worst
after a mix of three chemicals, including hydrochloric acid, were spilt ...
www.thechronicle.com.au [December 2010]
INDIA - Two More Factories Fined For Pollution
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined two more factories Tk 13.36 lakh
for environment pollution in Rupganj of Narayanganj under 'Operation Prevent
Environment Crime’ ...
www.thedailystar.net [December 2010]
ISRAEL - Ministry Could Not Handle Chemical Spill In Haifa Bay
"The Environmental Protection Ministry is ill-prepared to deal with an accident at an
industrial plant holding hazardous materials, Minister Gilad Erdan acknowledged
yesterday. It is his ministry that is responsible for directives dealing with the storage of
hazardous materials, but as ministry professionals have long known, the ministry lacks the
necessary resources to properly monitor handling of dangerous substances. As a result, in
the event of a major leak of dangerous substances, the ministry would find it difficult to
assess the situation and deal with it" ...
www.haaretz.com [December 2010]
ZAMBIA - Water Pollution Affected Most Parts Of Chingola
The water pollution that affected most parts of Chingola in northern Zambia after Konkola
Copper Mine allowed some effluent to seep into Kafue River has been rectified and water
supply restored normally ...
www.steelguru.com [December 2010]
Ukraine - Disasters Waiting To Happen
The devastation left by the toxic sludge spill in neighbouring Hungary is a stark reminder
that Ukraine is home to dozens of potentially larger ecological disasters. The toxic sludge
that has killed nine and injured 120 in Hungary and left large-scale environmental damage
in its wake has reached the Danube River delta in Ukraine’s Odesa Oblast ...
www.sofiaecho.com [November 2010]
US - Tougher Water Pollution Laws On The Way
Florida is bracing for the federal government to impose tough new pollution limits on its
rivers and lakes. Depending on the point of view, the new rules will clobber an already
weak economy — or bring a welcome end to fish kills, algae blooms and contaminated
water supplies ...
www.orlandosentinel.com [November 2010]
US - Lessons From BP Spill 'Slow To Sink In'
Oil industry and government officials could get caught flat-footed again by another deep-
water blowout in the coming months because they have yet to incorporate many of the
lessons learned during the BP disaster, experts inside and outside the business tell The
Associated Press ...
ww.msnbc.msn.com [November 2010]
Australia - 100 Evacuated After Chemical Spill
A Queensland Fire and Rescue spokeswoman said the 1000 litre containers of chlorite
were leaking potentially dangerous fumes. A 100 metre downwind exclusion zone was also
in place ...
www.brisbanetimes.com.au [November 2010]
ISRAEL - Water Supplied To Gaza Unfit To Drink
Almost 95 percent of the water pumped in the Gaza Strip is polluted and unfit for drinking.
This warning was recently issued by the UN Environment Programme, the Palestinian
Water Authority, the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility, and international aid
organizations ...
www.btselem.org [October 2010]
US - Water Pollution ‘The Shocking Truth About Tap Water’
Water pollution in America is fast becoming a national problem with the municipal
treatments unable to cope with the new types of man-made chemicals ...
www.watchingtheplanet.org [October 2010]
INDIA - Chemicals Used In Idols Checked Ahead Of Ganesh Utsav
In a bid to check possible poisoning of water bodies by chemicals used in idols, the Gujarat
Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued guidelines to district administrations ahead of
Ganesh Utsav ...
www.news.indiaid.com [October 2010]
US - BP Oil Spill Volume Estimated From Video
US scientists who have analysed videos of the oil gushing from the Deepwater Horizon
well say about 4.4 million barrels of crude escaped into the Gulf ...
www.bbc.co.uk [October 2010]
US - EPA Ordering Sewer System Upgrade
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is cracking down on Oak Ridge to repair its
sewer system by 2015 so it doesn't overflow. The city faces potential fines of up to
$10,000 per day for each violation ...
www.oakridger.com [October 2010]
SPAIN - Nature Reserve’s Water Polluted With Cocaine And Ecstasy
A new study that says water in the canals and irrigation channels in Valencia, Spain's
Albufera Natural Park—one of the most important wetlands in Europe—has tested positive
for cocaine, ecstasy and six other drugs ...
www.takepart.com [October 2010]
US - Yale University Chemical Spill Clogs River
n equipment malfunction at a Yale University building caused a flame-suppressing
chemical to spill into the Oyster River Tuesday, killing wildlife and bringing environmental
cleanup crews to the West Shore area ...
www.nhregister.com [October 2010]
US - Company Owner’s Jail Sentence In High-Profile Pollution case
The owner of Hood River Juice has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor pollution counts in
a long-running case that also led to the resignation of Attorney General John Kroger's top
environmental aide earlier this year ...
www.oregonlive.com [October 2010]
US -Military Urged To Boost Bay Clean-Up Efforts
State, federal and military officials met to discus how the Pentagon — one of the largest
landowners in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, might do more on the region's sprawling
bases to control pollution and restore the troubled estuary ...
www.articles.baltimoresun.com [October 2010]
US - Tragic Death Of Man Who Prevented A chemical Spill
A worker managed to avert a massive chemical spill at his plant, but tragically died
from burns which covered 98% of his body …
www.tennessean.com [September 2010]
China - Environmental Accidents Increase By 98%
In the first six months of this year, environmental accidents have increased by 98%.
Nearly a quarter of the country's surface water is now so polluted that it cannot be used
even for industrial purposes …
www.atimes.com [September 2010]
US - 90% Of Californians Live 10 Miles From Polluted Waterway
The State Water Resources Control Board recommended adding 1,328 rivers, streams and
lakes to it’s list of polluted waterways ...
www.recordnet.com [September 2010]
China - VP Of Top Gold Producer Detained After Chemical Spill
A major chemical contamination in China’s Fujian Province that killed over four million
pounds of fish, has led to a mining companies VP being taken into custody …
www.english.ntdtv.com [September 2010]
US - BP Faces $11Billion Lawsuit Over Toxic Chemical leak
BP has been hit with a $11 billion lawsuit over an alleged leak of toxic chemicals at its
Texas City refinery as it struggles to recover from the Gulf oil spill …
www.heraldsun.com.au [September 2010]
US / Europe Want Greater Oil Firm Regulation
Wide majorities in the United States and Western Europe support greater regulation of oil
companies, with concern about the environment rising since the BP oil spill, a poll said …
www.google.com [September 2010]
US - 25 Companies Fined $1.6m For River Pollution
A country club accused of polluting the Choptank River and a Laurel gravel pit targeted for
development are among 25 businesses and individuals fined a total of $1.6 million
recently for alleged pollution violations …
www.istockanalyst.com [September 2010]
India - Maharashtra Rivers Most Polluted In The Country
Experts are worried that it is not only industrial pollution, which is responsible for
degrading the quality of water in state rivers. The rapid urbanisation across the state is a
major culprit as well …
www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com [September 2010]
US - Beef Company Sues Mine $2m After Chemical Spill
A beef cattle company is suing the owners of a mine for nearly $2 million over claims a
chemical spill contaminated one of its feedlots …
www.news.smh.com.au [September 2010]
US - 3M Will Pay for Decades Old Chemical Water Pollution
State officials want 3M to pay for possible damage caused by chemicals that leaked into
Washington County groundwater decades ago.Agreement is expected before the end of
the year …
www.wcco.com [September 2010]
Nigeria - At Least 3000 Oil Spills Since 2006
Nigeria, the eight largest oil exporter, recorded at least 3,000 oil spills between 2006 and
last month, the environment minister said …
www.google.com [September 2010]
Canada - Toxic Chemical Spill Closes Beach
Kelowna Beach has been closed following toxic chemical spill. Toxic chemical spilled in
Kelowna Beach during a fire at an agriculture supply warehouse …
www.easydestination.net [September 2010]
Turkey - Istanbul Drinking-Water Source Faces Pollution Threat
Istanbul residents are facing concerns about the quality, of the drinking water in the city’s
dams following a report of dark, foul-smelling liquids flowing from a pipe into a key
reservoir …
www.hurriyetdailynews.com [September 2010]
Greece - Athens Chemical Spill Kills 15,000 Fish
A chemical spill in an Athens creek last week killed some 15,000 fish, according to state
environmental officials …
www.onlineathens.com [September 2010]
Africa - Water Crimes Courts To Be Set Up
Environmental courts are to be established to address water crimes that threaten an
already water-stressed nation, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister announced …
www.timeslive.co.za [September 2010]
US - Sugar Company Pollution Costs Them $400k
Western Sugar of Denver, has agreed to pay a US$56k civil penalty, and will spend an
additional US$350k on plant upgrades to settle allegations that its processing facility had
excessively high discharges of fecal coliform bacteria in wastewater …
www.environmental-expert.com [September 2010]
Nigeria - Oil Spill May Have Destroyed Biggest Fish Pond In State
Oil spills allegedly oozing from a sunken boat may have destroyed the biggest fish pond in
Delta State with an estimated 100 million worth of fish affected as a result of the pollution
…
www.allafrica.com [September 2010]
US - Three Decades Later Effects Of Spill Linger
The chemical spill first discovered at the IBM facility more than 30 years ago continues to
have a massive effect on the community the computer giant once helped build …
www.pressconnects.com [September 2010]
US - Answers Sought After Chemical Spill Pollutes River
State and local authorities are investigating what sort of chemicals spilled into the North
Oconee River, which turned greenish-blue and began to give off fumes that irritated eyes
and throats …
www.onlineathens.com [September 2010]
US - Construction Company Fined $100k For Water Pollution
A Black River Falls Construction Co agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a civil environmental
prosecution brought by the Wisconsin Department of Justice for water pollution violations
…
www.lacrossetribune.com [September 2010]
US - Chemical Blaze Causes Firewater Pollution
A chemical plant fire raises more concerns about firewater runoff endangering human and
animal health as it threatens local creek and river …
www.onlineathens.com [September 2010]
US - Watchdog’s Anger Over Small Fines For Sewage Spills
Anne Arundel County's government was responsible for nearly 200,000 gallons of sewage
spilling into local streams, creeks and rivers in 2009. For most sewage spills, the county
pays a fine of $100 - about the same as a speeding ticket …
www.hometownglenburnie.com [September 2010]
US - Cheese Company Fined $315k For Excess Discharge
A Washington Cheese manufacturer will pay the United States a $315,000 penalty for
excess discharges in violation of its wastewater permit levels …
www.media-newswire.com [September 2010]
US - Bucks County Faces hefty Fines For Fish Kills
Bucks County is facing fines of more than $62,000 for incidents last autumn that killed
thousands of fish in two Central streams …
www.phillyburbs.com [September 2010]
US - Chemicals Pollute Groundwater Threatening Drinking Water
A massive long-term chemical "spill" that is contaminating the source of drinking water for
a heavily populated and possibly widespread mid-Atlantic region is quietly being exposed
…
www.delmarvanow.com [September 2010]
US - Faulty Pump Causes Diesel Spill
A faulty fuel pump at the city's bus terminal refuelling centre caused hundreds of gallons
of diesel to spill into a Fayetteville creek …
www.wral.com [September 2010]
Estimated Cost of BP Gulf Spill Estimated At $30 billion
Overall the total bill for the disaster is expected to be put at around $30 billion for the cost
of capping the well, the clean-up costs and compensation to thousands of people whose
livelihoods have been lost ...
www.uk.ibtimes.com [August 2010]
US - Oil Companies Start $1 Billion Spill Containment Project
Big oil companies including Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell will spend $1 billion to
develop a new oil spill containment system ...
www.reuters.com [August 2010]
BP Oil Spill Timeline Of Events
BP faces a criminal investigation after 11 lives were lost in the explosion of the
Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. As costs of the clean-up surpass a billion
dollars, Channel 4 News runs through the timeline of events that led to the biggest oil slick
in US history ...
www.channel4.com [August 2010]
US - Diesel Spill Tops 1,100 Gallons
More than 1,147 gallons of diesel spilled into the Bluestone River during the Fourth of July
weekend, according to new estimates from the Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality ...
www.bdtonline.com [August 2010]
US - Who’s Making Money From BP Spill?
Details of some of the companies making money from cleaning up the BP oil spill ...
www.time.com [August 2010]
China - Growing China Oil Spill Threatens Sea Life
China's largest reported oil spill, has closed beaches on the Yellow Sea and prompted an
environmental official to warn the sticky black crude posed a "severe threat" to sea life
and water quality ...
www.salon.com [August 2010]
China - Clean-Up Crews Use bare Hands Against Oil Spill
The government has mobilised hundreds of fishing boats and other vessels to clean up the
spill that occurred in the port city of Dalian, but Greenpeace said many people thrown into
the effort were reduced to using their bare hands ...
www.google.com [August 2010]
US - Nuclear Company Fined $32,500 Following Chemical Spill
The federal agency says the company failed to have adequate instructions for workers on
how to neutralize acid spills. The fine follows an April 2008 in Lynchburg when sodium
hydroxide was used to neutralize a spill of hydrofluoric acid and caused a violent reaction
that resulted in an injury ...
www.whsv.com [August 2010]
US - Worries Over Water Contamination By Hydraulic Fracturing
Many States in America are embroiled in a controversy regarding the contamination of
water due to drilling. Hydraulic fracturing has been cited as the main reason for the
worsening of the situation. In this process, the rocks below the surface of the earth are
blasted by using a mixture of chemicals, sand and water ...
www.topnews.co.uk [August 2010]
US - Birds Eye Agrees To Spend $3.8million Following Contamination
Birds Eye Foods Inc. will install a new treatment system and take other steps to deal with
groundwater contamination caused by its spraying of wastewater on farm fields in
southwestern Michigan ...
www.businessweek.com [August 2010]
US Estimates $298 Billion Needed For Water Pollution Control
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a new report that estimates that
nationwide capital investment needs for wastewater and stormwater pollution control will
be more than $298 billion over the next 20 years ...
www.eponline.com [July 2010]
US - Beef Processing Plant Fined $2 Million For Water Pollution
Waste from the plant led to about 25,000 fish kills from August 2007 to June 2008. In
addition to the $2 million payout, JBS agreed to build a $6 million wastewater treatment
plant to monitor water quality near the plant ...
www.cattlenetwork.com [July 2010]
China Releases Tough Plan On Drinking-Water Source Protection
The Chinese government has released a plan on the protection of drinking-water sources
in urban areas to guarantee the safety of drinking water and protect people's health. The
plan comes after an investigation of water quality at 4,002 centralized drinking water
sources in 655 cities and towns nationwide ...
www.news.xinhuanet.com [July 2010]
US Battery Maker Fined For Pollution
Kansas battery maker fined $53,547 for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act,
by failing to properly monitor and report discharges of industrial wastewater ...
www.communitynewspapergroup.com [July 2010]
Switzerland - Chemical Spill Causes Traffic Chaos
1.5 tons of canisters filled with a corrosive and poisonous liquid spilled across two lanes of
major road, backing traffic up back to the German border ...
www.worldradio.ch [July 2010]
China - Environment Watchdog Sinks Teeth Into Local River Pollution
China's environment regulators, long criticized for being weak, started flexing their
muscles in late 2006 by making environmental impact assessments compulsory for the
approval of new economic projects ...
www.china.org.cn [July 2010]
US - Slurry Pollution Mass Litigation Case
A mass litigation panel will hear the case of southern West Virginia residents who claim a
Massey Energy subsidiary poisoned their drinking water with coal slurry ...
www.businessweek.com [July 2010]
NZ - Green Groups Pleased With New Environmental Authority
A new, independent environment agency has been hailed by green groups as a big step
towards improving environmental management ...
www.nzherald.co.nz [July 2010]
US - Spill Outrage Could Fuel State Anti-pollution Tax
The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster has spurred planning by Democratic leaders in Olympia to
increase taxes on oil companies to pay for preventing oil spills and toxic runoff in the
state’s waters ...
www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com [July 2010]
US - Summer Rainfall Boosts Water Pollution
Environmental activists and officials say beach-water quality in general depends on the
weather, with rainfall boosting pollution from runoff ...
www.dailyrecord.com [July 2010]
US - Chemical Company Fined For Spills And Poor Storage
The company’s hazardous waste facility in Framingham has come under fire recently by
residents who accuse executives of ignoring their concerns about spills that contaminated
the southside neighborhood’s ground water ...
www.boston.com[July 2010]
US - Packing Company Fined For Lack Of Spill Preparation
98K $ fine for company not supplying right clothing and spill training to employees …
www.wausaudailyherald.com [June 2010]
NZ - Water Industry Needs Regulation To Flourish
“New Zealand lacks an overall national water regulator setting the rules and providing a
sound framework for the entire sector across the country” ...
www.nzherald.co.nz [June 2010]
US - Chemical Spill Investigated At New York’s JFK Airport
The Fire Department of New York said hazmat crews were on scene to investigate the
chemical spill …
www.wireupdate.com [June 2010]
Taiwan - Plastics Co May Face Criminal Probe Over Water Pollution
Plastics Company may be fined as much as NT$150 million (US$4.7 million) if it had failed
to stop the spread of the contamination ...
www.chinapost.com.tw [June 2010]
US - Climate Bill Could Leave Communities High And Dry
Water and wastewater utilities across the country are echoing this message that we
cannot address climate change without strong water adaptation measures ...
www.americanrivers.org [June 2010]
US - Storm Water A Major Source Of Pollution
Biggest source of water pollution in the US is storm water runoff ...
www.seattletimes.com [May 2010]
US - Feds Fine Home Company US$ 1 million For Stormwater
Homebuilder company must pay $1 million fine and improve its stormwater controls at
construction sites as a result of a consent decree signed this week with federal
environmental officials ...
www.hometownannapolis.com [May 2010]
Taiwan - Company Could Face Record Pollution Fine
The(EPA) asked the Court to fine Plastics Group for serious pollution of soil and
underground water ...
www.focustaiwan.tw [May 2010]
Canada - US$ 2.5 million Spill Clean-Up Bill
Canadian taxpayers may have to pick-up the $2.5M clean-up bill following a diesel spill ...
www.metronews.ca [May 2010]
US - Storm Water Source Of Chemical Pollution
State pollution officials have solved a four-year-old mystery about the source of fish
contamination in Lake Calhoun ...
www.startribune.com [May 2010]
China - Another Massive Spill Threatens Yellow River
1000 tonnes of Oil Sludge polluted a tributary of China’s Yellow River ...
www.chinapost.com [May 2010]
US - Louisville Company Fined US$102k For Chemical Spill
A Chemical spill which entered the sewer system has cost a plant resin company
US$102k ...
www.wfpl.org [May 2010]
US - Residents Seek US$1.5 mil Plus for Oil Pollution
Baltimore residents are asking for at least US$1.5 mil against an oil company following
leak that got into groundwater ...
www.articles.baltimoresun.com [May 2010]
Vietnam - Pollution Plagues River
The polluted water of the Dong Nai River is affecting the lives of millions of people in HCM
City ...
www.vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn [May 2010]
US - Vodka Company Pleads No Contest In Pollution Case
Vodka company was ordered to pay a $63k fine, after it illegally drained production waste
into a local creek ...
www.statesman.com [May 2010]
Canada - Fifth Spill From Dormant Pulp Mill
Diluted chemicals have once again found their way into Lake Superior from a dormant
pulp mill ...
www.foresttalk.com [May 2010]
Faulty Filter Could Cost US School US$1mil To Clean-Up
An oil spill at a US school caused by a faulty valve could lead to a clean-up bill of over US$
1million ...
www.norwichbulletin.com[April 2010]
US Church Facing US$50k Clean-Up Bill For Spill
Presbyterian Church estimate soil contamination clean-up costs at $50k following ‘pin
prick sized’ basement oil tank leak ...
www.journalpioneer.com [April 2010]
India - Heavy Fines Warning For Water Polluters
Failure to install treatment plants in their respective industries will be met by large fines
said Sindh Minster of Environement ...
www.tradingmarkets.com [April 2010]
Water Pollution Biggest Eco Problem
Water pollution tops the list of global eco concerns in a 15 country survey ...
www.earth911.com [April 2010]
US Company Pays $588k In Environmental Compensation
An oil spill which fouled 21 miles of a US river in 2004 led to US$588k compensation bill
for environmental damage ...
www.news.bostonherald.com [April 2010]
US - You Spill It - You Pay For It !
New Town ordinance holds individuals responsible for haz-mat
and clean up costs ...
www.eastbayri.com [April 2010]
Coca Cola Face Huge Compensation Claim
India - Committee Coca Cola “responsible for damages” “obligatory that they pay the
compensation to the affected people for the agricultural losses, health problems, loss of
wages, loss of educational opportunities and the pollution caused to the water
resources” ...
www.beta.thehindu.com [April 2010]
Electrical “Glitch” Causes Diesel Spill At US Hospital
An electrical glitch left an estimated 100 gallons of diesel fuel spilled in a Memorial
Hospital basement ...
www2.hickoryrecord.com [April 2010]
US Oil Company Pays Huge Daily Price For Environmental Pollution
Chevron spent $2.43 million a day last year on equipment and repairs required to comply
with US environmental limits on air and water pollution ....
www.businessweek.com [April 2010]
100,000 Gallon Diesel Spill In US
Massive diesel fuel spill at US refinery, requires multi agency clean-up operation ...
www.indianasnewscenter.com [April 2010]
Prozac And Drugs In Tap Water
US study found ‘traces of drugs in drinking water in 24 major US regions’ ...
www.beforeitsnews.com [April 2010]
EU Commission Holds Onto Soil Protection Law
EU Environment Commissioner defended an EU directive on soil by claiming that national
policies are not delivering and land management increasingly affects cross-border issues
like water pollution ...
www.euractiv.com [April 2010]
US Tanker Truck Spills 9,000 Litres Of Fuel
USA - A tanker truck overturned spilling thousands of litres of diesel fuel along the side of
the Highway ...
www.nnsl.com [April 2010]
River Ganga Pollution May Cost 50,000 Jobs
India’s pollution control board threatens to shut down all tanneries found responsible for
polluting the Ganges ...
www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com [April 2010]
Spill Costs US Asphalt Company $568k Plus
Connecticut Asphalt company fined $68,400 for violations of oil pollution regulations in
addition to a $500k clean-up bill ...
www.yosemite.epa.gov [February 2010]
US Environmental Fines and Prosecutions
Round-up of US Environmental law decisions, lawsuits, regulatory actions and settlements
in 2009 ...
www.taberlaw.com [February 2010]
Chevron Fined For Chemical Spill
Chevron given $5k per day violation notice in San Juan chemical spill ...
www.ocregister.com [February 2010]
America's Biggest Environmental Disaster
Clean-up options and cost still being considered a year after toxic sludge spill at US power
plant ...
www.edie.net [February 2010]
After 25 years poisoned Water Still Haunts Bhopal
Groundwater is still contaminated twenty five years after a toxic spill from a pesticide
factory killed thousands in Bhopal, India .....
www.nytimes.com [January 2010]
Gold Giant Accused of Land and Water Pollution
Gold giant accused of ‘poisoning people and livestock by contaminating Honduras Siria
Valley .....
www.guardian.co.uk [January 2010]
China’s Yellow River Polluted by Diesel
One hundred and fifty thousand litres of diesel has contaminated China’s Yellow River and
effected drinking water for millions.....
www.news.xinhuanet.com [January 2010]
Polluter Pays Principle is a Global Issue
The Bangladesh Government embraces the Polluter Pays Principle .....
www.thedailystar.net [January 2010]
School Contaminated by Oil during Holiday Break
Hundreds of gallons of oil contaminate a school during holiday break via drain that lead to
building’s septic tank ....
www.wfsb.com [January 2010]
US Environment Watchdog tightens Spill Pollution rules
America's Environmental Watchdog has finalised rule changes intended to stop industrial
oil spills from polluting the nations waterways .....
www.edie.net [November 2009]
Unprecedented contamination in Bangladesh threatens millions
Man-made ponds may be responsible for exposing 25 million people in Bangladesh to
arsenic through widespread groundwater contamination .....
www.news.bbc.co.uk [November 2009]
