Tag Archives: Fish KIll

Thames Tideway Tunnel – Registration as an Interested Party

Thames Tideway Tunnel – Registration as Interested Party The Thames Anglers Conservancy and Angling Trust are founder members of Thames Tunnel Now, the coalition set up to press for the completion of the Thames Tideway Tunnel which will intercept 34 … Continue reading

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Anglers urged to stand up for the Thames

The Angling Trust, along with Thames Anglers Conservancy(TAC), are calling on all anglers and angling clubs in London and the South-East to speak out in favour of plans to clean up the tidal Thames through the construction of the Thames … Continue reading

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Chemical company to pay almost 100K for polluting 50km stretch of water

Thousands of fish died and thousands more were damaged by agricultural chemicals that leaked into the River Nene in Peterborough and today the company responsible was ordered to pay £92,000 by Peterborough Crown Court. Some of the fish were bleached … Continue reading

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South West Water to pay £65,000 for toxic chemical spill

​South West Water has been ordered to pay £65,000 in fines and costs for illegally discharging aluminium chloride into the East Looe River, Cornwall. The case was brought by the Environment Agency. On August 22, 2010 an Agency officer visited … Continue reading

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‘Hideous’ hydro-power plan for Marlow lambasted

Plans to harness the power of Marlow weir to create electricity for 400 to 600 homes have been lambasted by a group representing 2,000 anglers. Thames Valley Angling Association has blasted the 'hideous' proposal for hydro-power on the River Thames … Continue reading

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Green light for examination of Thames ‘Super Sewer’ proposals

An independent, public examination of Thames Water’s detailed proposals for the Thames Tideway Tunnel will commence after Easter, it was confirmed. The Planning Inspectorate has today confirmed that the application for Development Consent for the ‘Supersewer’, submitted by Thames Water … Continue reading

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Orchid Investments Ltd fined for significant pollution of an Avon tributary

Orchid Investments Ltd have pleaded guilty at Leamington Magistrates’ Court to causing a discharge of chemical toilet effluent into a tributary of the Gran Brook on or before the 15 August 2011 without having an environmental permit in place. The … Continue reading

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Chemical company prosecuted for River Nene pollution

Thousands of fish died and thousands more were damaged by agricultural chemicals that leaked into the River Nene in Peterborough, magistrates heard on Tuesday 26 February. Some of them were bleached and others leapt from the water and died along … Continue reading

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Boris Urged to stand firm over Tideway Clean-up

Anglers join environment coalition in call for Mayor to back Thames Tunnel planning permission to end pollution and fish kills The Angling Trust has joined the Thames Tunnel Now coalition of environmental and amenity groups to urge the Mayor of … Continue reading

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Thames Water ordered to pay over £14,000 for polluting Faringdon Stream

Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Water) was fined £10,000 at Oxford Magistrates Court on Friday for polluting Faringdon Stream in Faringdon, Oxfordshire between 14 and 16 August 2011. The company was also ordered to pay the Prosecution costs of £4,488 … Continue reading

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