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Probe into raw sewage spillage

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Vincent
Published date21 January 2022
Publication titleStirling Observer
Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust staff came across two pollution sites and they said that the spillage are "directly related to Scottish Water treatment activities"

The first spillage was uncovered on Friday whilst members of the trust were replacing tree protectors.

They said: "We found what appeared to be untreated sewage coming out of the outflow culvert emanating from the Fintry Water Treatment Works.

"The right hand side of the river was covered in grey sludge and it was obvious that this was a discharge of raw sewage.

"From the state of the river bed it looked as if this seepage had been ongoing for some time.

"We contacted Scottish Water and SEPA and have since been informed that there was an issue within the works and that repairs will be made."

The second spillage was found on Tuesday whilst trust members were measuring out a new tree planting site on the Kirkhouse Burn. They added: "We came across another sewage leak, this time it was bubbling up from a hole in the ground and draining into the Kirkhouse, just upstream of the Killearn water treatment works.

"Once again it was quite apparent that there was raw sewage in this leak and we again contacted Scottish Water and SEPA. We have since learned that there is a discharge from a pipe that feeds into the waste water plant and that repairs to the pipe will have to be made.

"It is our intention to visit these sites over the next few days to make sure that the remedial works highlighted above are undertaken as stated."

The trust went on to highlight issues over "ongoing problems" in the Endrick and Blane Valleys with waste water treatment and hit out at a "chronic lack of investment".

They said: "What these incidents show is that there are ongoing problems in the Endrick and Blane Valleys with waste water treatment.

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