Quarry searched after waste dumping allegationSCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF Marlborough District Council compliance officers visited a quarry east of Blenheim on Monday following allegations of unauthorised waste dumping. The buried stockpile was unearthed as council officers investigated allegations of unauthorised waste dumping at the site east of Blenheim on Monday. Accompanied by Blenheim police, Marlborough District Council compliance officers gained access to the 85-hectare site owned by Mike Gifford at Seventeen Valley. SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF An excavated area at the quarry site at Seventeen Valley, east of Blenheim, where Marlborough District Council officers were investigating allegations of waste dumping. They said grape marc and leachate from grape marc was polluting the nearby Puka Puka Stream.

Source: Stuff November 07, 2017 00:45 UTC