Two Hawke's Bay companies have been fined for turning a Hastings stream grey with an illegal discharge of milk solution.
Farmers Transport Limited and Dynes Transport Limited pleaded guilty to discharging a milk solution contaminant into the Irongate Stream on October 7, 2019.
The Hawke's Bay Regional Council pollution hotline received a call advising that the stream had turned a grey colour at Longlands Rd, Hastings.
Two environmental officers responded to the call and located a pipe discharging a cloudy liquid directly into the Irongate Stream.