Dye In the Trent - Inquest

[matthewjc]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7547047.stm

Hopefully no cavers have anything to hide..!

Matt

 

[graham]

:halo: not me.

 

[Slug]

My first thoughts would be, College Kids, Trainee E.H.O. ( not telling why I think That  ) or a Aliens, though this last one is the least likely explanation.

 

[Hunter]

Pixies?

I've had a lot of trouble with them recently. They keep moving things from where I know I left them to somewhere completely random like cupboards & shelves.
Damned tricksy Pixies, I don't trust 'em one bit!!!

 

[SamT]

Ahhh so thats where bagshawe really  resurges

(I wish)

 

[shotlighter]

According to the local paper the EA have tested the water for dissolved O2, PH & Pneumonia!!??
It was OK & no damage to fishstocks etc have resulted - I can remember when the only thing that swam in this bit of the Trent were rats & used French Letters!

 

[Slug]

According to the local paper the EA have tested the water for dissolved O2, PH & Pneumonia!!??
It was OK & no damage to fishstocks etc have resulted - I can remember when the only thing that swam in this bit of the Trent were rats & used French Letters!

I think that's the case with a lot of our rivers and inland waterways nowadays. If You compare them as they are now, to how they were in the 60's, 70's and early 80's, the difference is quite clear. Trout are now back in the Thames Basin/Pool of London, even My local river, the Great Ouse has seen Eels, and Otters return, but sadly also Mink  thumbsdown:, ( but they get shot on sight ). As stricter anti-pollution regulations came into force in the 80's, coupled with harsher penalties, Our rivers have cleaned up, and the wildlife has returned.

By the look of the Trent in this article, it was probably " Drain Dye ", which has to be pretty much inert to even be allowed to be used, and its pretty strong stuff as far as dilution goes,,,,,,,,,,,i.e., a little goes a hell of a long way.

 

[SamT]

I think we all know its Fluorescein - commonly used for dye tracing of underground rivers/drains/culverts/caves/springs etc etc etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye_tracing

not sure if there are an caves that resurge into the trent. So probably someone either testing drains, or generally mucking about.

AFAIK its harmless to wildlife.

 

[Slug]

I'm a crap speller Sam that's why I called it "Drain Dye". 

 

[Armchair]

Er, don't all caves in the Peak district resurge into the Trent, one way or another?

 

[SamT]

yes - but I meant locally, otherwise it would have been "the Derwent flows green" as a headline.  or "River Dove turns green".

anyhow - there's a good question - do any cave resurge into the Trent directly. rather than into a tributary of the Trent.

 

[shotlighter]

yes - but I meant locally, otherwise it would have been "the Derwent flows green" as a headline.  or "River Dove turns green".

anyhow - there's a good question - do any cave resurge into the Trent directly. rather than into a tributary of the Trent.

Not directly AFAIK but most (if not all ) of the N Staffs coalfield mine water does (some of it like Kidsgrove & the Western anticline? must eventualy head towards the Mersey).

 

[seamoose]

do any cave resurge into the Trent directly. rather than into a tributary of the Trent.

Certainly nothing upstream of Stone...

Somewhere like Weaver Hills resurgences may flow in to Trent - but probably hit Dove first