Farmers Urged to Report Slurry Spills After Incident Kills over 1,500 Fish

Farmers urged to report slurry spills after incident kills over 1,500 fish

The Environment Agency (EA) has reminded farmers of the importance of reporting pollution incidents when farming following a situation in Cornwall where a spill of digestate resulted in the death of 1,610 fish. The Cornish farmer responsible for the pollution incident, Norman Osborne was fined £215 after pleading guilty at Truro Magistrates Court for causing a water discharge activity, with an additional order to pay the EA’s costs of £3,550. Du…

Farmer fined after digestate spill kills more than 1,600 fish

A Cornish farmer has been fined after a digestate spill killed more than 1,600 fish and caused lasting damage to a protected river.

Farmer fined £3700 for fish kill

A Cornish farmer has been fined after a pollution incident killed more than 1,000 fish in the River Ottery and left lasting environmental damage still visible two years later. Norman Osborne, 57, was ordered to pay £3,765 after around 2,300 gallons of digestate spilled from his farm near Warbstow into the river system in May 2022. Digestate, a slurry-like by-product from anaerobic digestion plants, contains high levels of ammonia and nitrogen an…