Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 September 2011
114 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local authority sewerage treatment plants, currently the source of groundwater pollution, are likely to be regulated in the same way as septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24365/11]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Waste Water Discharge (Authorisation) Regulations 2007-2010 provide for the operation of an authorisation regime by the EPA for local authority wastewater discharges. The Regulations require discharges from agglomerations with population equivalents greater than 500 to be licensed and set out procedures for applying for a licence, the review of a licence and the making of submissions. The Regulations also provide that a local authority will not be authorised to permit a discharge from a wastewater works serving a population equivalent below 500, without certification by the EPA.
