A Jersey newspaper is reporting: Toxic ash pit is punctured at incinerator site
A SECTION of the construction site of the new £100 million incinerator at La Collette was closed off at the weekend after contractors punctured the membrane of a pit holding toxic ash. Pollution prevention experts are investigating after potentially contaminated water escaped into a trench being dug at the time. Samples have been sent for analysis to determine any potential danger.
It was the sharp eyes of site project manager Steven Gouldburn that probably prevented a more serious pollution incident taking place. He spotted what had happened, got the contractors to stem the flow and called in a tanker to pump the water away. Workers from engineering company Geomarine clipped the edge of one of the ash pit membranes at about 3 pm on Friday while digging a trench along the north side of the site to install a temporary power cable. As a result, potentially contaminated water leaked into the cable trench.
