Major Upgrades Needed to Bring Irish Wastewater Treatment Plants to EU Standards for Environmental Protection
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Urban Wastewater Treatment in 2023 report has highlighted the progress that has been made in the treatment of wastewater since the start of 2023. Despite the progress that has been made in the treatment of wastewater, the EPA has outlined that more needs to be done to prevent wastewater from entering […]
EPA expects drinking water to comply with EU standards by 2020, 16 years after the deadline for compliance
Monitoring of public drinking water in Ireland shows that: o 99.9% of samples comply with the microbiological standards o 99.6% of samples comply with the chemical standards There are 72 “at risk” supplies on the EPA Remedial Action List: o 52 of these supplies have elevated levels of trihalomethanes o 17 of these supplies lack adequate treatment to prevent Cryptosporidium entering […]
