POLLUTING the River Allen sees two farms provide £8,000 to Westcountry Rivers Trust through an Enforcement Undertaking.

C.P.Button Ltd in St Tudy, Cornwall, agreed to contribute to the trust after an investigation by the Environment Agency into half a mile of the River Allen being polluted with silage leachate from Polshea Farm in June 2022.

There was also a slurry pollution event at Bokelly Farm near Trelill in March 2023.

An Enforcement Undertaking is a legal agreement between the Environment Agency and an offender as an alternative action to prosecution or other monetary penalty. In addition, the company has also paid £3,000 in investigation costs.

Our River Operations team will use the funding to implement habitat improvements in the catchment.

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