Broadbridge Transport Ltd has been fined $15,000 after water contaminated with grape waste ended up in a nearby creek, killing wildlife. Compliance officers visited School Creek and found its waters were “rust orange” and “pungent with a sulphurous odour”, leaving an eel dead on the bank. SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF A dead eel found in School Creek in Renwick after it was contaminated by Broadbridge Transport Ltd upstream. The contaminated water had entered School Creek between March 28 to April 8. Theirs was a community-minded response.”He said Broadbridge Transport had shown “extraordinary remorse” and pleaded guilty “at the earliest opportunity”.

Source: Stuff July 14, 2021 21:22 UTC