Yesterday
HDAA Bob Rudd 12lbs on F/C
Wyesham 3 more 12-10 and 10lbs
Redbrook Chris Howell 11lbs on F/C
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Heavy showers affected the river at Hay and the colour is now very poor but with only a little extra height - about an extra foot so far but may rise a little further with heavy storms around.. Just in time for the barbel boys.
14th
June 2016
Press Release Wye Salmon Asssociation.
Dead
salmon and juvenile fish reported in
River Wye
Anglers report
sewage discharge into the River Wye at Redbrook below Monmouth. These discharges have been taking place each
morning over the last 7 days. One angler reported seeing sewage and a very bad
smell along with dead fry and dead adult salmon. Another angler reported seeing dead fry and a rash appearing on his
hands when removing debris from the river. The owner of one beat reported a release of pollutants as soon as
it started to rain last Friday. This pollution was foaming and smelt bad.
The discharges occur in the morning, which would seem to
imply that partially treated sewage is being stored and then released, possibly
to coincide with high tides.
Migration of adult
salmon is being seriously hindered by these discharges, the pollutants causing
fish to drop back to the tide. A period of
low water and hot weather could result in high mortality and a serious fish
kill as a result.
One fishery owner suggested discharges to be a growing
problem. In previous years he reports
juvenile flounders and coarse fish, were regularly seen in his stretch
of the river. Now this is a rarity. It seems a problem that can only be solved
by Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water cleaning up the Redbrook plant.
The Wye is a special Area of
Conservation (SAC), and in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. These discharges would
not be permissible if they were pumping out off a swimming beach, but are being
allowed in an SAC , regularly used by canoeists with young children.
Newland Sewage Treatment Works at
Redbrook is owned and operated by Dwr
Cymru/Welsh Water.
It is hoped Welsh Water will upgrade this facility in the current investment period, and stop polluting a river
that forms the border between England and Wales.
We are advised an EA response team is now investigating, At
present it is understood the EA monitor water quality upstream of the outlet,
which may explain why this discharge has been allowed to rise to such appalling
levels.
15th
June 2016
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