Ocean Sentry
(From news.scotsman.com)- People living near a population of bottlenose dolphins may have been helping to store up an environmental problem for the creatures. For years, raw sewage from homes in North Kessock, near Inverness, has been pumped into the Moray Firth, where one of only two UK groups of the dolphins live. The village”s 2,000-strong population is due to expand and it was feared that eventually the waste could harm the dolphins and other wildlife in the firth, including porpoises and seals. But a new £3.8 million Scottish Water project means the sewage is now taken through a seabed pipeline to a treatment works to be cleaned up to protect the sensitive environment.
(By John Ross)
