Fish kill in river Vartry
By WicklowNews.net,
There has been a reported fish kill in the Vartry River.
Wicklow county council's website issued the following statement.
Inland Fisheries and Wicklow County Council are currently carrying out inspection of the area to identify the source and cause of the reported fish kill.
As a precautionary measure Wicklow County Council have temporarily shut off raw water supply intake from Vartry River to our Water Treatment plant at Cronroe.
The supply of treated water will not be affected by this precautionary action.
Responses to Fish kill in river Vartry
Stan o\' Reilly says...
June 30, 2012 at 11:06
Hopefully the source of the fish kill is located soon and the proper action taken to prevent it happening again, its not the first time this has happened.
Tommy Kearney says...
July 1, 2012 at 13:43
Agree Stan this is a dreadful event just when the river was beginning to have healthy runs of migratory fish. Demonstrates how fragile and vulnerable our rivers and eco systems are to pollution threats.
