Robert Woods
Senior Member
Sad news...I've done only thing I can do...joined Angling Trust.
Anybody got a few hours to spare and wants to know how the EA has given back to the water utilities the self-regulation of putting ***** back in the OUR rivers, can have a read of this technical document.
http://publications.environment-agency.gov.uk/pdf/GEHO1105BJXY-e-e.pdf?lang=_e
Makes interesting reading. The phrase QMSs is a classic!
PS it answers your sensible comments Bob.
After quickly skimming through it, the likelihood of them ever catching some organisation ever polluting a river, is at best not likely, other than when there's a fish kill!
Some of us on here have voiced the shortcomings of the EA for a long time now whilst others think they are the bees knees, maybe, just maybe, the doubters will now realise just how inefficient they are as a guardian of our waterways.
The theory is, Cyanide is a licenced chemical and can only be used/processed by authorised licenced companies. Not sure how many of those are in the area but it shouldn't take too long to track the wrongdoer down - if there's a will to do that!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/07/water-metalworks-suspected-cyanide-leak
A combination of this incident and Jeff Woodhouse's article "Opinion piece - the Angling Trust" finally made me get off my a*** and do something about it.
I doubt it will be that easy Neil. A thousand and one tiny metal plating operations take place all over that area, many of them from one-man-bands. Few of those little guys will be listed.
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PS - I think you ought to substitute fmcarp with Fishingmagic in that blog link or nobody can find it :
http://www.fishingmagic.com/forums/blog.php?b=13
And the reply to those questions will be "It was an unforeseen problem that has now been fixed and this shouldn't happen again" and that will be that. Court proceedings? I doubt it.