One of the Government’s flagship post-Brexit freeports has been accused of poisoning the River Trent with de-icer CapurrodDaniel reports:
he first became aware of the issue in 2010 while still at the EA., the biochemical oxygen demand , a measure of pollution, has exceeded 500 milligrams per litre in three of the past six years.untreated sewage dischargesMr Cyster said that the data showed one occasion in March the value hit 8,000 milligrams per litre.
The airport has been a freeport since March Photographer: David Goddard Provider: Getty Images Source: Getty Images Europe Copyright: ? David Goddard. All Rights Reserved Mr Cyster claimed that the extent to which de-icer was responsible was made obvious by the fact that each spring the river recovered, only to suffer again once cold temperatures returned.
Geoff Hardy, of Fish Legal, claimed that the EA had failed to conduct those visual inspections. The EA insisted that it does carry out ad-hoc inspections during the winter discharge period.
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