River water monitoring uncovers source of odours

The source of a distasteful odour which was emitted from a river in Bury St Edmunds over the past few weeks has been discovered.

Environment Agency area manager Geoff Brighty said that his colleagues worked hard to identify where a bad smell in the river Lark was coming from and find a solution to it, because the organisation takes its responsibilities seriously.

"With the composting smell, we were able to take direct action but when the other source is due to the weather and lack of rain for many weeks at the end of the summer, that is not so easy," he stated.

The agency investigated thoroughly and identified that there are two odours from separate sources, which means that it is not possible to fully eradicate the smell without the river resuming its normal flow.

In related news, the river Trent in Staffordshire was recently polluted with cyanide and untreated sewage.

Posted by Joseph Hutton