Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps the Department of the Environment has taken to stop the pollution of the River Faughan and its tributary at Cross, Londonderry, as a result to seepage from the council dump at Fawney.
§ Mr. CarterThe Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland has pressed Londonderry City Council, which operates the tip at Fawney, to take a number of measures considered necessary to stop pollution of the nearby waterways. These include the cessation of tipping at Fawney and the removal of certain tarry wastes from the tip and works to minimise the flow of water reaching and percolating through the tip, and to prevent leachate from the dump entering the waterways. In addition, the Department has assisted the council in investigating alternative sites.