Farm business fined more than £15,000 after silage clamp 'leaks' pollution into a watercourse

The Environment Agency said F.A.W. Bakers Kingston Farm Ltd of Rushywood Farm near Crewkerne at Taunton Magistrates' Court after receiving a report of sewage fungus in a watercourse

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The Environment Agency said sewage fungal growth had been noted on the entire length of the small brook, a stretch of over 800m, from a leaking silage clamp
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The Environment Agency said sewage fungal growth had been noted on the entire length of the small brook, a stretch of over 800m, from a leaking silage clamp

A farm in Somerset has been fined over £15,000 after a leaking silage clamp had polluted a river. The Environment Agency said it had brought a case forward against F.A.W. Bakers Kingston Farm Ltd of...

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