Klity Creek polluter ordered to pay clean-up cost

[rooster59]

Klity Creek polluter ordered to pay clean-up cost

By The Nation

 

 

A court has ruled that the private firm found responsible for lead contamination in Kanchanaburi’s Klity Creek must pay for the clean-up being undertaken by the Pollution Control Department (PCD)

 

Environmentalists declared victory after the Kanchanaburi Court on Thursday deemed Lead Concentration Co responsible for all expenses arising from the clean-up operation.

 

The company, it found, had failed to comply with a Supreme Court decree to restore Klity Creek to its former state, in which the water and fish living in the stream were safe for human consumption.

 

The PCD will take over the operation and collect evidence to support its financial reimbursement by the company.

 

The total clean-up bill has been estimated to top Bt500 million.

 

EnLaw Foundation manager Supaporn Malailoi called the court judgement an historic verdict among environmental cases, setting a standard for future trials by ensuring that polluters must pay for the messes they cause.

 

“If the company refuses to pay all expenses, the PCD can sue them in court and ask that assets be seized to cover the expenses,” Supaporn said.

 

Klity Creek was severely contaminated three decades ago with lead leaked from a mine operated by Lead Concentration Co. 

 

People living in villages downstream suffered serious illnesses as a result.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30371911

 

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[animalmagic]

There's nothing worse than a contaminated Klity Creek!

[ChrisY1]

Does anyone, for one minute, think a contractor will clean up their mess in Thailand.

Lead contamination in waterways and soils is a huge problem anywhere.....and the quoted 500 million could be far from correct.

I don't believe anyone here could really accomplish this level of decontamination.

 

[hotchilli]

22 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Klity Creek was severely contaminated three decades ago with lead leaked from a mine operated by Lead Concentration Co. 

Long time coming... 30 years after the contamination.