Farmer fined £11,000 for polluting watercourse with slurry

A farmer from Somerset has been fined £11,000 for polluting a watercourse with slurry in three separate incidents for the second time in five years.

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09 November 2021 • 1 min read

On January 30 2020 the watercourse was again found to be polluted with slurry due to spreading activity on nearby fields which had led to run-off into the ditch. Mr Hembrow was ordered to pay the Environment...

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Farmer fined £11,000 for polluting watercourse with slurry

A farmer from Somerset has been fined £11,000 for polluting a watercourse with slurry in three separate incidents for the second time in five years.

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Farmer fined £11,000 for polluting watercourse with slurry

A farmer from Somerset has been fined £11,000 for polluting a watercourse with slurry in three separate incidents for the second time in five years.

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