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07
Jun 2021
The River Nidd has turned chocolate brown amid fears for the lives of thousands of fish following an environmental 'disaster' over the weekend.
Several miles of the Nidd between Gouthwaite reservoir and Hampsthwaite have been affected.
It is believed safety work by Yorkshire Water at Gouthwaite reservoir, which is just north of Pateley Bridge, may have stirred up silt deposits.
A Yorkshire Water spokeswoman said:
John Shillcock, an ecologist who is president of Nidderdale Angling Club, described the incident as an "environmental disaster", the scale of which remained unclear. He added:
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