tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post3609641055703156984..comments2023-10-04T16:22:32.920+01:00Comments on Thanet Strife: CHINA GATEWAY (Report 3) - WATER AND WILDLIFEBertie Biggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197385124719226254noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-63358993668800119282008-04-29T22:04:00.000+01:002008-04-29T22:04:00.000+01:00Amkiky, good for you.Our comments crossed. I will ...Amkiky, good for you.Our comments crossed. I will e-mail you as I am working on Report 4 - Objections?Bertie Biggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197385124719226254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-525206406095276892008-04-29T21:56:00.000+01:002008-04-29T21:56:00.000+01:00Michael, you quite rightly have serious concerns a...Michael, you quite rightly have serious concerns as we all should. I have been told that dung spreading in the old fashioned way is banned in this water catchment area becuase more nitrates leach into the aquifer than nitogren fertilisers. River systems tend to accumulate nitrates from nitrogen fertilisers through run off. I think there have been occasions when Thanet water has been 'mixed' with other sources to reduce nitrate concentrations to permitted levels.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how happy Southern Water is with the situation? Could it insist on a complete foul sewerage system with settling tanks for the whole site to be linked to in order to minimise risk? A costly business.Bertie Biggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197385124719226254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-90343164769350934002008-04-29T21:49:00.000+01:002008-04-29T21:49:00.000+01:00Hi Bertie. It's amkiky again. I must say I'm ver...Hi Bertie. It's amkiky again. I must say I'm very impressed with the reports and cannot thank you enough for your continued interest in China Gateway - any publicity is greatly appreciated. I have been contacting residents who will be affected by this development all day and was not at all surprised with the vast majority who had not been informed and had no idea just how much land, or how near them, this project would be situated. Not to mention the small amount of time they had to object to it. I have been in contact with Meridian and the local media who are meeting with me tomorrow to help make the general public aware of just how huge China Gateway's intentions are. Only wish all of you who are showing concerns could join me. If anyone's interested e.mail me on amkiky@aol.com for more details. On a sadder note - it was distressing to see so many residents upset at the thought of a huge industrial estate being built (upon what was, I have been told, once Greenland!) on their doorsteps. Some of their views are breathtaking (as seen in your photos) with the rape seed in full bloom - to think that that will be turned into high rise industrial units is just criminal. This is one resident who is not going to sit back and watch developers, or the local council, use agricultural land as an easy way of making money. WE MUST FIGHT FOR THANET LAND!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-83521805634739091792008-04-29T17:19:00.000+01:002008-04-29T17:19:00.000+01:00Bertie my understanding of the situation is that t...Bertie my understanding of the situation is that this aquifer, (the Manston borehole) not only acts as one of our water sources but water is pumped from our two other waters sources and the entire water supply for Thanet is stored in it. I understand that there have been pollution problems caused by inadequate drainage for the runway and other surfaced parts of the airport, which can be contaminated with fuel and oil. <BR/><BR/>The environment agency rates Thanet’s surface water quality as poor one of the problems being high nitrates caused by intensive agriculture. Because of all this the environment agency has increased its regulation of activities here that may have an effect on groundwater quality. <BR/><BR/>These aquifers use the porous quality of chalk of a large area to collect and store large quantities of water. <BR/><BR/>Personally I would want to know exactly what is to be manufactured in this area and would have some reservations of any company controlling manufacturing, that didn’t have a cast iron safety record. How this could proven by a Chinese company would be outside of my area of understanding. <BR/><BR/>It does all look as though this project hasn’t been thought out that well, however as always here with large local projects the council doesn’t seem to manage public information properly, so it’s hard to tell how bad the situation is and past experience makes one expect the worst.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.com