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IRELAND HAS FAILED to meet its own targets for improving water quality, according to a major study by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The six-year study looked at the cleanliness of Ireland’s beaches, rivers, lakes, estuaries and canals over the years 2010-2015.
It found that, while there has been a significant improvement in some areas, this is cancelled out by a deterioration in other places.
Overall, Ireland had targeted a 13% improvement in its water quality and the EPA has determined that this has not been met.
In a demonstration of how river quality has deteriorated over a number of decades, the EPA says that 21 sites are determined to be of “pristine” quality compared to over 500 in the 1980s.
On the positive side, progress has been made over the past ten years in dealing with seriously polluted waters.
In another study that was carried out between 2007-2009, 19 bodies of water were described as “bad”, in this latest this study this number has dropped to six.
Nationally, 91% of groundwater bodies, 57% of rivers, 46% of lakes, 31% of estuarine waters and 79% of coastal waters are achieving either good or high status under the Water Framework Directive.
In summary, the EPA says that water quality has remained relatively stable since the study a decade ago and that “not enough has been done” to prevent deterioration of water quality.
Commenting on the results of the study, Matt Crowe of the EPA’s Office of Evidence and Assessment said that more needs to be done protect Irish waters.
Clean and well protected water is a key national asset and supports many important economic activities such as agriculture, manufacturing and tourism.
“We must do a lot more and work much harder at protecting this vital national asset,” he added.
The EPA’s 68-page report is can be accessed on the agency’s website.
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I’ve sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and, by gum, it put them on the map!
I’ve heard those things are awfully loud
Is there a chance the track could bend?
Not in your life my Hindu friend..
It glides as softly as a cloud
Were you sent here by the devil?
That floats on high per dales and hills …
No good sir, I’m on the level
Mono.. d’oh!!
^^^^
This is why the internet is fantastic. Bravo, lads, bravo.
This same thing happened like a month ago didnt it lol
For a country not long in it’s present existence, they sure have an awful amount of money to fling about…
You’ll get that when you just invade a country and steal land and displace the indigenous people, all because God says it’s cool.
No doubt Israel will continue to show blatant disregard for laws and rights of Palestinians by robbing more land from the Palestinians to build it.
Pretty cool.
I’m just waiting for someone to tell me why this isn’t as good as it sounds and most likely won’t revolutionise travel.
they could just use buses?
100 years ago they were saying “sure can’t they just use a horse and cart”
Buses? These are for commuters, people going to work and not for the unwashed in their onesies and jammie bottoms going O’Connell Street for their daily fix.
I want to go on one.
Mono. D’oh !!
I am waiting for beam me up scotty like they do on Star Trek
It be great get up in the morning, sure i will go to Sydney for the day
Spy cars.
Sydney monorail built for the Olympics was the worst piece of rail infrastructure I’ve ever been on.
Total recall!
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