REGARDING claims by the county council over the NVZs consultation that there are ‘25 days to save Pembrokeshire agriculture’ – may I add and kill off more wildlife and continue the pollution of all Pembrokeshire water courses in the process.
If you do not believe me remember the growth of poisonous green algae on every stream river pond and estuary, not visible now as the cold has killed it off but it will all come back All watercourses have out of date sewage treatment plants near their sources, the recently opened works at Lamphey has added to the problems for the top, middle and castle ponds at Pembroke.
Despite the very best efforts by Natural Resources Wales, Bosherston Lily Ponds are silting up under the management of the National Trust.
We have tried voluntary agreements to control the pollution of our water supplies by a few obdurate farmers.
It has not worked.
The water supply comes from Llys y Fran down the Cleddau and is extracted and treated at Canaston Bridge.
Every year when cattle are let out to pasture, life-threatening micro-organisms are in the their faeces flushed off the river banks and cause serious illness affecting the old and the young.
Ian Campbell Rutger
Pembroke
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