The Environment Agency faces new allegations of neglect of the River Wye after a project by a conservation group found effluent and contaminated waters at free-range egg farms flowing directly into watercourses in the catchment.
Out of 47 sites visited in England and Wales in the Wye catchment, 19 had drains running from the poultry units to a nearby watercourse. Many of the farms had drains excavated within a few metres of the sheds.
I know the area well and this has been an issue for a while, good to see people aren’t letting up on raising awareness and doing the science needed to demonstrate the scale of the problem.
Perhaps we need an ITV drama about a couple trying to run kayak lessons for special needs kids out of Hay but the evil chicken farm owners upstream (with the help of various government bodies looking the other way) are making everyone sick with their effluent. Call it Chickenshit.