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The National Environment and Planning Agency
(NEPA), has now completed laboratory testing of water sampled on
September 2, 2009, following reports of a fish kill event in the
Black River. The Agency is reporting that the results do not point
to a link between the use of dunder and the recent fish kill in the
Black River.
NEPA collaborated with the Water Resources
Authority (WRA) and the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) to
determine the exact cause of the fish kill. Collective site visits
and sampling of the river were conducted during the investigations.
The information gathered indicate that the possible cause of the
fish kill originated within the Lower Black River Morass,
downstream of Lacovia and south of Holland Estate. There are no
known facilities within the Lower Black River Morass which discharge
wastewater into the river or its tributaries.
The Agency is reviewing its response strategy
and will shortly implement a plan that will involve community
monitors to better respond to pollution incidents in the future.
NEPA will also continue to work closely with related public entities
to increase its monitoring of the Black River and its tributaries.
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