Flooded waste water plant filters wash up on beach
Plastic filters from a waste water treatment works have washed up on an Aberdeenshire beachThousands of plastic filters have appeared on an Aberdeenshire beach after flooding washed them into the sea from a waste water treatment plant.
The Turning the Plastic Tide project said it had removed more than 2,400 of the devices from a 600m stretch of shoreline at Newburgh.Scottish Water said its waste water plant at near Ellon had been "overwhelmed" by a river during recent heavy rain."The waste water treatment works has returned to normal operation – and the cause of the incident is being investigated in order to minimise the risk of recurrence.
“We would like to apologise for the concern caused and are doing all we can to minimise any lasting impact on the environment.”
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