A Co Tyrone Company was fined £12,500 plus £37 court costs at Omagh Magistrates' Court last week. McAnenly Quarries Ltd, of Spring Road, Drumnakilly, Carrickmore, Co Tyrone was fined for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.

On 30 January 2009, following a report of pollution, a Water Quality Inspector, acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, inspected the Drumnakilly River and observed a sandy plume upstream of Drumnakilly Bridge where the waterway was discoloured and silty.

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The source of the polluting discharge was traced to a quarry at Spring Road, Drumnakilly, owned by McAnenly Quarries Ltd.

A sample taken at the time of the incident confirmed that the discharge contained poisonous, noxious or polluting matter which was potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.

(BMcC)