Fire Service Refills Pond
06 July 2011 by Paul Rhoades
We can only hope that this action has not come too late to save the remaining fish.
Well done to every one who has taken the time to get in touch with different agencies and have helped publicise this tragedy.
The response from the fire service shows that public opinion does count and that if enough people complain or make a noise about an issue which affects the local community then action does get taken, if albeit a little late in the day..
Looking around the area today, the majority of the dead fish have been removed from the site, and the water level is steadily increasing. Also a lot of the rubbish dropped in and around the lake seems to have been cleared away which is a good sign. Lets just hope that people visiting the site in the future remember this incident and don't pollute the pond in the future by leaving waste and rubbish in and around the area.
This evening I did receive a brief response from the Environment Agency, I'm not going to go into my thoughts of the totally inadequet response from the authorities on this matter at the moment, or the white wash which was published in the local paper.
I will however say that in my mind, (and echoing the opinions of a lot of people who have contacted me about this tragic incident), the response from the authorities has been totally inappropriate.
If you have contacted the Environment Agency over this matter do please let us know via Editors@VisitScunthorpe.Com as I will be covering this in more detail once I have some concrete facts and figures.
The response from the Environment Agency, laughable as it is, is published below as promised:
Dear Mr Rhoades
Thank you for your e-mails regarding the pond in Ashby
Scunthorpe.
For your information I have passed your e-mail onto a
specialist for advice.
They will check this information and respond to you as
soon as possible.
If you have any further queries do let us know, as we would be happy
to help.
Kind Regards
Customer Service Advisor
National Customer Contact
Centre
Part of National Operations
Environment Agency
Tel 03708 506 506
I will just conclude by adding that I included in my email to the EA 6 full size high definition photographs showing not just the dead fish but also the rubbish fowling the pond and the water level, so exactly what "checking" is required does on the face of it seem quite pitiful.
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