He shared photos of bright red water flowing through the canal that he had taken near Jalan Krian at about 9.13pm.In response to a Stomp query an NEA spokesperson said that red discharge was observed in the canal at night on Oct 13. After being notified of this, NEA officers conducted onsite surveillance at the canal the next morning.
"There was heavy rain in the morning of Oct 14 prior to our checks, and we found the water in the canal normal with no signs of a red discharge into it," the spokesperson said.However, upon being notified that there was red discharge into the canal again on the night of Oct 17, NEA officers carried out checks the next morning and traced the discharge to a company providing car washing and grooming services.
"The company was instructed to stop the discharge into the open drain immediately and clean up the public drains that were affected by their discharge," the spokesperson said. "NEA takes a serious view of pollution in Singapore’s waterways and is investigating the company for an offence under the Environmental Protection and Management Act."Woman distraught by 'massive death of fishes' in S'pore River, PUB finds no abnormalities in water
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