{"id":807682,"date":"2026-10-19T15:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807682\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T15:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:36:10","slug":"highest-ever-pollution-levels-recorded-in-river-gipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807682\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Highest-ever&#8217; pollution levels recorded in River Gipping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Environment Agency has been made aware of the &#8220;extremely high&#8221; levels of pollution after samples were recently taken in Haughley, where the Haughley Watercourse is a major tributary of the River Gipping.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This is likely to be causing a lot of habitat stress for fish and local animals who rely on the river for water.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The River Gipping starts near Mendlesham Green and turns into the River Orwell at Stoke Bridge in Ipswich.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/news\/26586865.stowmarket-river-pollution-probe-finds-permit-breaches\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Suffolk river pollution probe finds permit breaches and sparks action<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A post from The River Gipping Trust on social media reads: &#8220;Water test samples from Fishponds at Haughley are indicating extremely high levels of pollution in the river.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our highest-ever recorded phosphate and Ammonia levels (14,200 ppb and 4.06ppm) with high e.coli levels of 22,000 cfu\/100ml and Nitrate levels of 60ppm.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;All reported to the Environment Agency.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Phosphate acts as a fertiliser in rivers and can cause algal blooms, oxygen depletion and harm to aquatic life.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Elevated ammonia is often associated with sewage discharges, animal waste or decaying organic matter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The level of E. coli suggests the water may contain sewage or animal waste and could pose a health risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Environment Agency has been made aware of the &#8220;extremely high&#8221; levels of pollution after samples were recently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-807682","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\/807682","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=807682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}