Check Your Drinking Water Quality Data: County Limerick
View Drinking Water Quality data for the Public Water Supply and for Public and Private Group Water Schemes on the Limerick County Council Drinking Water Quality Information System. http://www.lcc.ie/waterworks/
READ ARTICLE >Water Quality Legislation
The Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts 1977 and 1990 enable local authorities to: prosecute for water pollution offences attach appropriate pollution control conditions in the licensing of effluent discharges made to waters or to sewers; issue notices specifying measures to be taken within a prescribed period to prevent water pollution issue notices requiring a person...
READ ARTICLE >Rainwater Harvesting – How does it work?
There are many different rainwater harvesting systems on the market in Ireland. The basic principles of operation are as follows: Rainwater is collected from the roof drainage system, the debris is filtered out and the water is stored in a tank. Water is supplied on demand from the storage tank by a submersible pump through...
READ ARTICLE >Harvested Rainwater: Uses, Benefits and food for thought
Harvested Rainwater can be used for many activities where potable water quality is not essential. In Ireland for a domestic water user, the design figure for the amount of water used by any one person is 150 litres per day. For the majority of households this is potable/mains water much of which is not used...
READ ARTICLE >Drinking Water Quality – recently published EPA Report
The EPA have recently published a report on the quality of drinking water in Ireland for the year 2010. The report assesses the safety and security of drinking water supplies based on the results of Water Services Authority monitoring carried out in 2010 and enforcement by the EPA in the same period. The report is...
READ ARTICLE >Environmental Legislation – Water
In Ireland the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977, (as amended by the 1990 Act) provides the principal legal framework for the prevention and control of water pollution. This act includes A general prohibition against water pollution as well Provisions on licensing direct and indirect discharges Water quality standards and management plans. Increased maximum penalties...
READ ARTICLE >Water Pollution Ireland
Contaminants can enter water bodies in a variety of ways. These include: Discharges from sewage works and industrial plants at identifiable point sources Intermittent discharges from sources such as storm flows and land run-off Continuous leaching from surrounding ground Deposition from the air e.g. acid rain Accidental or deliberate spillages or dumping Releases from dead...
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