Caravan park water pollution to be investigated
The area was filled with waste before the caravan site was founded
Thursday, 11, Mar 2010 03:55
A Scottish council is to investigate whether the groundwater at a Brechin caravan park is contaminated by waste that was dumped at the site before it was converted.
Angus Council will send inspectors to Eastmill Road, which was filled with waste from a battery manufacturer before the caravan site was founded, the Press & Journal reported.
The job is expected to cost in the region of £25,000 and a council spokesperson told the newspaper that the tests are part of routine inspections of areas where there is a possibility of the land having been contaminated.
"In this case, the land at Eastmill caravan park, Brechin, is currently a residential and touring caravan park but was in the past used as a waste repository by local industry," she explained.
The spokesperson added that while there have been studies carried out at the site in the past, the aim of this research will be to establish the extent of contamination to the nearby River South Esk.
Locals have not raised any health concerns about the site and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency is monitoring the situation as it develops.
Meanwhile, the Press & Journal also revealed that problems continue to occur at Lossiemouth's Silver Sands Caravan Park, where a fraud investigation is underway