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A farmer from Coagh in Co Tyrone has been fined for a pollution offence at Dungannon Magistrates' Court.
Mr Trevor Irwin was fined £2,000 plus Court Costs and a £15 Offenders Levy for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.
On 8 July 2014, Water Quality Inspectors, acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), inspected the Aghaveagh Stream at Drumard Road and observed the waterway to be grey/brown in colour. The Inspectors discovered a dark coloured liquid discharging to the waterway.
The pollution was caused when tanks on the farm overflowed, allowing effluent to enter the storm drainage system before making its way to the waterway. More than 600 metres was affected by this polluting discharge. The source of the pollution was traced to farm premises owned by Mr Trevor Irwin.
A sample taken at the time of the incident confirmed that the discharges contained poisonous, noxious or polluting matter which was potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.
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