Pollution scare on the Lagan
IN October 1986 pollution on the River Lagn around Newholland Sewage Works sparked off a new wave of controversy with residents who threatened to call in EEC investigators to alleviate the problem.
Dead fish surfaced in their thousands, the stench of the river became almost unbearable, a hazy blue shimmering mist engulfed the nearby fields and the big worry of local people was that their health was being seriously threatened.
The year before an independent investigation of the state of the Lagan revealed it to be dangerous.