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Raw sewage from 77,000 people in Ireland flowing into environment every day

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Raw sewage from 77,000 people in Ireland is flowing into the environment every day, a new report from the EPA has said

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown's bathing ban earlier this year after an overflow of waste water at Ringsend. Image: Sam Boal Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown's bathing ban earlier this year after an overflow of waste water at Ringsend. Image: Sam Boal RAW SEWAGE FROM 77,000 people is being released into the environment every day from mainly coastal areas around the country, an Environmental Protection Agency report has found.

The director of the EPA’s Office of Environmental Enforcement, Tom Ryan, said that inadequately treated waste water could pollute the environment and pose a risk to people’s health. The main factor in urban problems with waste water treatment is the failure to properly treat it in Dublin and Cork. In 2016, Irish Water said it would stop discharging waste from 30 out of 36 areas by the end of 2020, but the latest report said it is currently on target to treat just two of these areas by this date.

 

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