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Water Pollution Incidents
Incidents of water pollution reported and investigated by SEPA.

	Minor Incidents Total 2000/01	Significant Incidents Total 2000/01	Minor Incidents Total 2001/02	Significant Incidents Total 2001 /02	Minor Incidents Total 2002/03	Significant Incidents Total 2002/03
Industrial
Pollution by oil - tidal waters	74	7	23	7	*[all oil] 70	*[all oil] 18
Pollution by oil - inland spills	172	32	75	12	-	-
Pollution by mineral solids	137	26	57	21	35	13
Pollution by trade effluent	56	15	17	7	14	5
Pollution by chemicals	29	5	7	2	8	4
Pollution by fish farm effluent	11	1	6	0	9	1
Distilling and brewing effluent	9	0	5	0	-	-
Effluent from paper mills	8	1	9	0	1	2
Other	89	11	90	6	56	13
Total	585	98	289	55	193	56
Agricultural
Leaking silo	35	3	18	2	13	9
Leaking silage effluent tank	41	10	32	11	42	22
Escape of animal slurry	75	9	49	10	31	10
Pollution by chemicals	11	9	4	2	4	1
Pollution by fuel oil	15	9	15	5	13	5
Farm drainage	43	10	21	3	12	1
Other	101	9	87	5	53	8
Total	321	59	226	38	168	56
Other
Pollution by sewage	653	102	348	46	354	138
Pollution by refuse	55	3	45	7	-	-
Pollution by tip leachate	7	0	2	3	3	3
Pollution by oil - tidal waters	34	3	26	4	*[all oil] 126	*[all oil] 28
Pollution by oil - inland spills	212	18	99	6	-	-
Pollution by chemicals	29	2	27	5	4	0
Naturally occurring pollution	93	0	54	3	-	-
Undetermined	162	21	356	6	37	15
Other	194	12	357	14	189	39
Total	1,439	161	1314	94	713	223
Grand Total	2,345	318	1829	187	1,074	335

source : Annual Report 2001/02 and 2002/03