Mining company charged with contaminating West Coast water supplySAM STRONG/STUFF A gold mining company has been charged following the pollution of the Ross town water supply. A goldmining company is facing charges over dirtying the water supply of a West Coast town. Ross residents were on water restrictions for at least two months after a slip polluted the town supply in August last year. According to the minutes of the Westland District Council's September meeting, council assets manager David Inwood said the mining company carried out "work not permitted" which caused damage to the town's water treatment plant. The council was contacting the mining company and its insurer with a "very strong approach to recovering council costs".

Source: Stuff February 16, 2018 03:33 UTC