Muck heaps and water courses..

[Shadow the Reindeer]

A Muck heap near me on a yard that will remain un-named,
has run offs down the lane (not literally).. the rainwater from further up the lane is running through the run off and empties down a drain some 50 yards down a road. The muck heap consists of shavings and straw, and hasn't been disposed of in months..
https://www.gov.uk/keeping-horses-on-farms

This article basically says I can report them, what do you think?

 

[QUICKFIRE]

I also know of one that is just 10' from a substantial fast flowing stream, and the bank is eroding daily! and can see that soon they won't have to have it removed,it will just be washed away, thanks for the link

 

[indie999]

I thought it was 10 metres from a watercourse but i could be wrong on the measurement? I looked into this myself to comply.....has anyone tried to speak to them? Or write a non signed letter? It seems a shame to just go and straight report them we have had rather a lot of rain! If they dont comply then report them

http://www.defra.gov.uk/consult/files/20111220nitrates-directive-consult-evid5.pdf

 

[Shadow the Reindeer]

Trust me, this isn't the first problem they've caused.... let's just say the law on various things has been stretched quite a long way......

 

[Shadow the Reindeer]

When it freezes, the horse pee turns the ice yellowy orange and it's an accident waiting to happen.. one inch of shear ice.. fall on that, cut yourself and get muck in the wound? Hardly hygienic...

 

[sugarpuff]

The environment agency deal with pollution entering watercourses. It is illegal to allow runoff to enter rivers/ stream/ even dry ditches. So even if the actual heap is located more than 10m away, runoff should not enter water courses.

 

[martlin]

The environment agency deal with pollution entering watercourses. It is illegal to allow runoff to enter rivers/ stream/ even dry ditches. So even if the actual heap is located more than 10m away, runoff should not enter water courses.

But a surface water run off from ''up the lane'' is not a watercourse

 

[Shadow the Reindeer]

But a surface water run off from ''up the lane'' is not a watercourse

No, but it entering the storm drains, that is also not allowed, rain water is recycled.