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MP for Stretford and Urmston has demanded to know why waste water from fracking was dumped into the Manchester Ship Canal. The effluent released into the ship canal complied with the EA-granted licence.

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Messenger Newspapers: MP demands answers on why waste water from fracking was dumped into the Manchester Ship Canal

THE MP for Stretford and Urmston has demanded to know why waste water from fracking was dumped into the Manchester Ship Canal.

Kate Green spoke out after a BBC Inside Out programme aired on Monday, January 27, reported that before October 2011, radioactive water from Cuadrilla’s fracking operations was handled at United Utilities (UU) treatment works in Davyhulme and, after treatment, released into the Manchester Ship Canal.

A UU spokesman said water from Cuadrilla’s Preece Hall site was treated at Davyhulme, but under a licence granted by the Environment Agency (EA) and this treatment stopped in September 2011, when the EA amended the licence.

The spokesman said the effluent released into the ship canal complied with the EA-granted licence. MORE

 

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