The Nethan Valley Angling Association may have mistakenly mentioned the 8th of May 2008 as the date of the incident. The date which it did occur was Saturday 10th of May we apologise for any confusion.
We have now walked the entire length of the Logan Water and part of the River Nethan as far as Burnfoot, near to Kirkmuirhill. We found evidence of siltation at Burnfoot which is 16 kms from the Logan Reservoir. We are sure that it will probably reach as far as the River Clyde given the ferocity of the storm that night and the amount of rain that fell in a short period of time. An example of how the storm affected some areas can be seen on a previous blog.
While we concede that the river is not badly affected that far down it is the upper 3kms that worries us. We estimate that 1.4km has been totally destroyed the next 3.7km severely affected then below that every slow pool or glide has some degree of siltation. We checked every feeder burn and the River Nethan above its confluence with the Logan Water for similar siltation and surprise surprise we found none. This leads us to the conclusion that most of the silt witnessed throughout the section checked emanated from the Logan Reservoir. Scottish Water have discussed compensation for the Wellbrae Angling Club who have the fishing rights in the reservoir. They have not contacted us and we have been stocking that water for around 7 years with brown trout fry and parr some of which were eye-tagged. The good news is that Scottish water have been served with an enforcement notice and have 4-6 weeks to clean up their mess.
They made a comment on the BBC web page about local angling club having been offered compensation. What we want to know is why was this kept quiet? Scottish Water are aware of our interests in the river but failed to inform us of this disaster? Has there been an attempt to keep this from the angling and indeed general public? We understand that public health warning notices are to be erected in the area!!!!
Thursday, 22 May 2008
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The comment made in the BBC story made it sound as though the compensation agreed with local angling association was with the NVAA....at least that's how I read it. Would I be the only one to have made that incorrect assumption???? I found the story by the Beeb to be biased in favour of Scottish Water and saw them belittling the effects caused by the incident....may be that's just my opinion however.
I felt that they were biased too but they will soon be put right the national papers are all now jumping through hoops to get our side of the story so we direct them to this blog. Apparently the bank of silt collapsed on Friday 9th of May which is even worse given the weather forecast for following day. The more we dig into this incident the more is coming to light. As Kemp Meikle our President stated no compensation can make up for the damage done to wildlife we only hope that lessons will be learned and nothing like this ever happens again. I say those responsible should be made to pay the compensation monies and the cost of the clean up from their own over inflated salaries and bonuses.
Jimmy Delaney N.V.A.A.
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