'A sunny day in Manchester and sewage is being dumped in the River Irwell... a blight on our great city'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAnglers have been left outraged after sewage was reportedly dumped into the River Irwell on the first day of fishing season.
Mike Duddy, chair of Salford Friendly Anglers Society — which claims to be the world’s oldest fishing club at 207 years old — videoed the aftermath of a reported sewage release near Trinity Way in the city centre.
Starting the day hoping to catch some trout, roach, dace, or chub, 58-year-old Mike says the incident ruined the anglers’ day. “It was the opening day of the fishing season yesterday (June 16),” he told the Local Democracy Reporting Service. “A lot of anglers were on the river from about 5am. READ MORE: 'I thought I had a headache - days later doctors told me I was about to die' “It started to rain at 10am for about four or five minutes then all of a sudden that s*** came out the pipe.
Everyone just packed up and went home. It stinks, you can’t enjoy the river like that.” Mike’s video was posted on social media by Prof Jamie Woodward, a researcher at the University of Manchester whose work has focused on pollution in the area’s rivers.
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