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Article: Developer fined for pollution of watercourse ; A property company which was discharging poor-quality sewage has been ordered to pay pounds3,000 in a case brought by the Environment Agency.
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- Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
- Article date:
- August 6, 2008
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A property company which was discharging poor-quality sewage has
been ordered to pay pounds3,000 in a case brought by the Environment
Agency.
Exeter Magistrates Court heard there had been a long history of
problems at the Sidelong Close Treatment Works in Dunchideock, near
Exeter. These culminated in the Environment Agency prosecuting the
owners, A & H Gadd Limited, in June 2007.
The treatment plant was installed in 1999 to serve a new housing
development of 23 properties. The works discharges into a tributary
of the River Kenn. The day-to-day management of the treatment plant
is carried out by Gadd Homes Ltd, a subsidiary of A & H Gadd Ltd,
with technical advice and maintenance from ...