Northern Ireland Water Limited (NIW) has been fined £2,000 plus court costs and an offenders levy of £15 at Armagh Magistrates' Court.

The charge related to a polluting discharge from the Annvale Wastewater Pumping Station (WWPS), Keady, Co Armagh.

On 22 August 2013, Water Quality Inspectors, acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, inspected the Clay River at the Tassagh Road bridge, Keady and observed fungal growth on the bed of the waterway and vegetation. The pollution was traced to Annvale WWPS where the inspectors observed a grey plume in the waterway arising from a discharge from the Pumping Station. There was a strong foul sewage smell and gross fungus growth at the point of discharge. The waterway was impacted for approximately 700 metres.

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