Anglers' group calls for 'lessons to be learned' after toxic spill in Fife river

Updated: May 11, 2021, 2:04 pm
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Fish were killed by the toxic spill in the River Eden
An anglers’ club has told how years of hard work and investment was “wiped out” when a Scottish Water worker accidently leaked about 90 gallons of a toxic chemical into a Fife river.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard that the fish died within hours, after the jelly-like substance – used in the water purification process – sucked oxygen out of the river.
Prosecutors said the accident was “entirely avoidable” and the effects of the spill could last for several years.
Now the Eden Angling Association, a non-profit group that works to promote, restore and conserve the river, has called for lessons to be learned to avoid a repeat of the 2018 accident.

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