Aluminium levels critical at Cornwall water works

Title

Aluminium levels critical at Cornwall water works

Genre

Interview

TX Date

20 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:00

Description

John Bennett of South West Water speaks to Graham Smith on an emergency at a water treatment works near Camelford in Cornwall where an equipment failure lead to aluminium levels 5 times the EEC limit. He says there’s no connection between this latest incident and last years major pollution scare.

Contributors

Graham Smith; John Bennett

Keywords

Cornwall; Water pollution; Drinking water; Poisoning; Chemicals; Aluminium; Camelford; South West Water

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