'This is a fixable problem and ridiculous campaigns like painting a yellow fish near waterways is not going to cut it', writes ShaunaReports
I’m not going to name and shame the man here as he did the right thing and pleaded guilty in court - leading to a fine of £1,000.
Following a freedom of information request to DAERA, I can tell you the largest share of confirmed water pollution incidents reported to Northern Ireland Environment Agency come from farms - and it’s been the same since 2017. Yet rarely in all the emails I’ve had from them about water pollution incidents in recent years, do penalties meet that level.
We need to start at the very beginning and that’s with the apparently broken system overseeing this mess.According to the legislation “the capacity of storage facilities for livestock manure and silage effluent of a holding shall be sufficient and adequate to provide for the storage of all the livestock manure and silage effluent which is likely to require storage on the holding for such period as may be necessary to ensure compliance with these Regulations and the avoidance of water pollution”.
But I also know of dairy farms where cows never leave the shed, and can be housed for 52 weeks of the year.As with any problem in life, the best way to deliver results fast is to tackle the biggest issue first. And when so many farms are causing pollution incidents, I might be inclined to increase that 22 or 26 week period fair bit to ensure everyone has enough room for the slurry their animals are producing.
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