Donmac Farms Limited in Coagh, Co Tyrone, has been fined £1,500 and ordered to pay £28 costs at Dungannon Magistrates' Court for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.
In November 2011, a Water Quality Inspector acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) inspected a waterway in Coagh and observed dark grey fungal growth covering the bed of the waterway. In addition, foam was seen on the surface of the water.
The discharge affected approximately 500 metres of the waterway, and the polluting discharge which affected it, which was traced to the premises of Donmac Farms Limited, contained poisonous, noxious or polluting matter which was potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.
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