Carmel Burn pollution incident – update 2
SEPA officers have been continuing their investigations into the
oil pollution of the Carmel Water this week. Fresh oil booms have
been installed by specialist contractors and the original booms
removed as they were fully absorbed with oil.
Due to the nature of diesel oil containment can be difficult,
but the booms are collecting the vast majority, and removal of this
collected oil is continuing. No further oil has been discharged and
the clean-up operation at the source continues.
A film of oil is present all the way down the Carmel Water and a
light film is present in the River Irvine below Drybridge. No oil
has been detected at Irvine. The oil film is evaporating and
degrading but we expect it to continue for at least another two
weeks, although reducing in severity.
SEPA has found some dead fish in the Crosshouse area and an
impact on the invertebrates in the Carmel water at Crosshouse.
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