The Nationwide Surroundings and Planning Company (NEPA) says a fish kill within the Rio Cobre on Christmas Eve is now contained.
In response to NEPA, roughly 50 fish had been seen floating on the river on Christmas morning, and it was found that the air pollution was as a consequence of a malfunctioning Nationwide Water Fee (NWC) sewage therapy plant at Charlemont in St Catherine.
NEPA says the faulty plant triggered untreated sewage to be emitted into the Outdated John’s Gully which flows into the river.
The NWC has since corrected the issue which was as a consequence of an influence outage on the plant, the environmental company mentioned.
NEPA added that will probably be serving the NWC with an enforcement discover on Wednesday to stipulate particular phrases to which the entity should comply on account of the incident.
It’s the newest air pollution of the Rio Cobre in St Catherine.
Earlier this month, there was an oil spill within the river that was emitted from the previous Jamaica Drinks plant that’s now owned and operated by Commerce Winds Citrus Restricted.
NEPA additionally reported that the administrators of Commerce Winds Citrus Restricted have been served with an enforcement discover underneath the NRCA Act and a summons to look in courtroom underneath the Wild Life Safety Act.
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