{"id":79029,"date":"2017-02-17T15:19:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8f11ec2805fe8e3be661141f3454a1a3"},"modified":"2017-02-17T15:19:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T15:19:20","slug":"press-release-construction-company-to-pay-54000-for-polluting-east-sussex-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=79029","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Construction company to pay \u00a354,000 for polluting East Sussex river"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Interserve Construction Limited (ICL) has been fined \u00a354,000 with \u00a35,955 costs after admitting a single incident of discharging silt-laden water into a tributary of the River Rother in Burwash, East Sussex on 1 October 2014.<\/p>\n

ICL was contracted to South East Water over an 18-month period at the Crowhurst Bridge Water Treatment Works to improve South East Water\u2019s ability to manage water treatment. The Environment Agency discovered a brown discharge downstream of the Works after a member of the public reported the discoloured water to them.<\/p>\n

Further investigations showed that the river was visibly but locally impacted on a temporary basis.<\/p>\n

In mitigation it was stated that this was an isolated incident of 25 minutes duration, during an 18-month contract and that the company was of previous good character. There was no evidence that local wildlife was adversely affected.<\/p>\n

David Willis, Environment Manager at the Environment Agency, said:<\/p>\n

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We take these incidents very seriously and do everything within our powers to safeguard the environment and people that may be affected.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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