Geotech Construction Ltd, of Shanmaghery Road, Galbally, Dungannon, was fined £2,500 plus £25 court costs at Dungannon Magistrates' Court.
On 4 February 2008, a water quality inspector, acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (formerly the Environment and Heritage Service), inspected a tributary of the Ballinderry River at Lurganeden Road, and observed that the waterway appeared to be badly discoloured.
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The source of the polluting discharge was traced to the Geotech Construction Ltd site and a sample taken at the time of the incident confirmed that the discharge contained poisonous, noxious and polluting matter which was potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving watercourse.
(BMCC/GK)
