12 November 2020 Raw sewage from 35 towns and villages are present in Irish waters and the vast majority of these areas are unlikely to receive treatment until after 2021, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency released its 2019 Urban Waste Water Treatment report today and stressed that Read more…
September 5th, 2019 A foul-smelling algae bloom on a beach close to the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant this week was made more likely by sewage problems at the facility, a marine expert has said. Earlier this week, members of the public reported a brown foul-smelling slick on Shelly Banks and Read more…
The EPA has confirmed that it is investigating the release of wastewater sludge from Ringsend treatment plant that occurred this weekend. Inspectors from the environmental watchdog are carrying out a site inspection to determine the cause of the incident and to monitor the discharge. On 25 February 2019, Irish Water Read more…
