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Northern Ireland Water Ltd has been fined £5,000 plus £22 court costs at Lisburn Magistrates' Court for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.
On 23 October 2007, a Water Quality Inspector, acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (formerly the Environment and Heritage Service) observed a significant discharge of untreated sewage to the Glenavy River, a tributary of Lough Neagh following complaints from a member of the public.
The source of the polluting discharge was traced to the NI Water Terminal Sewage Pumping Station on the Pigeontown Road, Glenavy.
NIEA stated that NI Water failed to respond effectively and stop the pollution despite warnings from electronic alarms fitted to the Station and complaints from a member of the public on the 19 October.
A sample taken at the time of the incident confirmed that the discharge contained poisonous, noxious and polluting matter which would have been potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving watercourse.
(PR/BMcC)
