{"id":671488,"date":"2026-07-03T10:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671488\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:44:11","slug":"thousands-of-fish-killed-in-bromley-park-pollution-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671488\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of fish killed in Bromley park pollution mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Thames Water, which operates the local drainage network, said it was &#8220;urgently investigating the pollution incident&#8221; but its cause is yet to be determined. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The company has deployed aeration at key locations along the River Pool to increase dissolved oxygen levels and help mitigate further impacts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A Thames Water spokesperson said tests were currently being carried out and it &#8220;understands the concerns residents will have&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Beckenham Town and Copers Cope councillor, Steven Jefferies, praised the EA for reacting swiftly to the &#8220;tragic incident&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said: &#8220;Beckenham&#8217;s rivers play a crucial role in supporting the biodiversity of our area, and bring great benefits to the health and wellbeing of residents living in our community.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thames Water, which operates the local drainage network, said it was &#8220;urgently investigating the pollution incident&#8221; but its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-671488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}