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Thu, 15 Jul 2010
DUBLIN CITY Council is to seek approval next week for a plan to pump 350 million litres of water per day from the river Shannon to serve the capital’s drinking water needs for the next 70 years.
Councillors will be asked by the city manager to endorse the scheme, – which will cost about €500 million – and are expected to do so, before seeking Government approval and permission from An Bord Pleanála. However, it does not require the permission of any local authority in the Shannon region.
The proposal was one of several options put forward in a 2006 report commissioned by the council from consultant engineers RPS to meet the Dublin region’s ever-growing demands for water.
The Dublin region, which encompasses parts of Kildare and Wicklow, uses about 540 million litres a day, but is only able to produce 518 million litres.
The council is working to increase the capacity of its own water facilities, but says it needs the new source if it is to meet rising demands.
For the full article click: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2010/0714/
Mon, 21 Jun 2010
Minister for the Environment John Gormley has said he will bring plans to Government within two weeks on the introduction of water meters to 1.1 million households.
He told a conference in Dublin that the installation of meters would begin next year, but he doubted that consumers would receive their first bill before 2012.
He said he was not in a position to say how much the charge would be.
AdvertisementThe Minister was unveiling details of a multi-billion euro investment programme focused on upgrading Ireland's water services.
The plan involves significantly increasing expenditure on tackling 'lost' or 'unaccounted for' water, which ranges from 16% to 58% of supply in different parts of the country.
The Government recently managed to close an EU complaint over Ireland's failure to comply with the Drinking Water Directive, but another, the Water Framework Directive, looms large on the horizon.
The possibility of Brussels imposing daily fines partly explains why the Government has been spending €500m a year upgrading the water supply - although campaign groups, like Sustainable Water Network, have criticised the latest plans.
The three-year plan will see €320m spent on upgrading our water pipe network - a significant increase on previous years.
Last January's big freeze and the loss of supply focused public attention on the vulnerability of our water source.
In addition, it is known in several local authority areas that more than 50% of water cannot be accounted for.
Resolving this problem will require massive ongoing investment and that is why, the Government says, water charges are required.
For the full article click: http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0419/environment.html
Thu, 23 Apr 2009
Thursday, 23 April 2009
One-third of all public water supplies in Ireland has been identified as being possibly risky to consumers.
The data is contained in the Environmental Protection Agency's latest report on the quality of Irish drinking water.
Read the report in full
It also mentions that nearly 120,000 people were ordered to boil water last year, especially during bad weather in August.
The agency's Director of Environmental Enforcement, Dr Dara Lynott, said sustained investment in drinking water infrastructure is vital.
The EPA says 320 public water supplies continue to be on its Remedial Action List.
83 had been taken off after upgrading their systems last year, but a further 62 were added.
5% of public water schemes also showed a presence of e.coli - an indicator of human or animal sewage.
However, for private group water schemes, nearly one third were shown to be contaminated with e.coli at least once last year.
118,000 people were ordered to boil water coming from 53 water supplies - on 20 occasions this was because supplies could not handle last August's adverse weather.
Testing of water is also a concern: 736 tests from 16 local authorities were deemed unacceptable by the EPA for not being accurate enough.
The answer to all of this, says the EPA, is ongoing investment.
Read the Article (Click here)
Read the Environmental Agency's (EPA) Report in Full (Click here)
Thu, 2 Apr 2009
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