Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2012
394. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list, for each county, the villages/towns with a public foul sewer network discharging to a public effluent treatment plant; and the level of treatment, whether primary, secondary or tertiary treatment. [54272/12]
View answer395. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list, for each county, the public sewer networks discharging directly to rivers, lakes of sea outfall. [54273/12]
View answer396. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list for each county, the villages/towns without a public foul sewer network. [54274/12]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 394 to 396, inclusive, together.
My Department does not compile the information requested relating to public sewer networks. The EPA, however, reports on the quality of effluents discharged from treatment plants, sewers or drainage pipes that are controlled or used by local authorities. The EPA latest report Focus on Urban Waste Water Discharges in Ireland for the monitoring period 2008/2009 was published in February 2012. This national report summarises effluent discharge quality from agglomerations in excess of 500 p.e., and also outlines the type of receiving waters into which wastewater is discharged. A copy of the report is available on the EPA website at www.epa.ie . A further update summary for the monitoring period 2010 was published in June 2012.
