Pollution mystery after 750 fish die in Silchester brooks

The EA was this week continuing investigations into the incident in Silchester and Foudry brooks, after being called to the scene at 6pm on August 25.
“We estimate that around 750 fish were killed, however live fish and invertebrates were found swimming next to the dead fish. We have taken water samples on the affected stretch and this will take five days to process in the lab. We are still investigating the source of the pollutant,” said Elisa Orchard, a spokeswoman for the EA, who continued:
“Our monitoring on the Foudry Brook in Hampshire has showed that water quality readings between Reading and Tadley were normal and showed no ongoing pollution in the watercourse.”
Silchester villager, Linda Alexander, said life had just begun to return to the water, including kingfishers, herons, ducks and moorhens, three years after the last pollution incident.