A recent discharge from the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant into Dublin Bay
Almost two weeks ago, a sewage spill took place at the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant with the discharge flowing into Dublin Bay.
The spill from the plant, which caters for 40 per cent of the country’s wastewater, was photographed with the use of a drone by Eoin O’Shaughnessy, of Dublin City Shots.
Further to this…
Seán McCarthaigh, in The Times Ireland edition, reports:
Further unplanned discharges of partially treated sewage can be expected in Dublin Bay over the next few years, a regulator has warned.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has blamed problems with a lack of capacity for an incident at Irish Water’s sewage treatment plant in Ringsend, the country’s largest wastewater treatment plant.
It said an investigation into the discharge on February 23 indicated that there would be ongoing issues until an upgrade to the plant had been completed. EPA inspectors concluded that the spillage was primarily caused by the plant operating above its capacity.
An estimated 100 cubic metres of sludge was released into Dublin Bay over 20 minutes. The details became public only after footage of a large brown-coloured plume was captured by a drone operator and appeared on social media.
Pic: Eoin O’Shaughnessy/Dublin City Shots
If only we had some sort mechanism to effectively fund household waste water treatment…
It was unfunny last time you posted that witticism and even more so this time.
Fresh material maybe?
It isn’t funny. But it is, unfortunately, true.
I’m sure if the government hadn’t pissed away the money they had taken through taxation for the purposes of maintaining our water system we wouldn’t have this problem.
But yes, unfortunately true.
Which is the reason that a dedicated agency with it’s own revenue stream is the way to solve this sort of thing. If they are reliant on the government to allocate money – they will always be left wanting.
Millie blushirts have promised to see IW to redacted, they must keep banging the privatisation drum, it’s all they know..
It’s ‘Blushirt’ Dav! Life is short mate. Make sure you spend as much time on the internet arguing politics with strangers.
“Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results”
Aping ff with their low standards in high office – see above
if only our foul waste could be recycled and harvested for fertilisers and methane instead of being pumped out to sea..
Can it? I did not know that and why on earth are they not doing it now?
If only states had a way of raising funds to pay for investment in infrastructure…
Mind you it’s not as bad as the s. Storm thats coming from brexit
That is manky, surely that kills sea creatures immediately.
Only made public after release of footage ffs! Surprised…I think not
Can drones be used down at Ringsend Nature Reserve.
look at all them seagulls having a field day.
“Discharge”, “partially treated sewage”, “sludge”, “effluent”, “waste water sludge” and my favorite “activated sludge”
Irish Water has allowed human waste (pee and poo) to be dumped into Dublin bay, a water way beside beaches, all of which are used by bathers, surfers, strollers. The CEO of Irish Water should be in a Garda station to answer for this corporate malfeasance.
And it was clearly planned.. this was no accident ..
“And it was clearly planned.. this was no accident ..”
really? how can you tell it was clearly planned?
Because the press release says so. And says there are more to come.
Status Brown warnings to come so.
Right. “planned” as in, due to lack of investment over the last decade we are now over-capacity and if people keep flushing their loos we will be overwhelmed with poo and will need to dump it straight into the sea.
That kind of plan.
That’s dizgoostin looking: https://youtu.be/X9I2jOc9LU8
Ireland is pooping itself, if your priorities don’t change when you soil yourself there’s something profoundly wrong with you (bearing in mind the aforementioned self-pooing is already a emanating high-level wrong).
And they would have got away with it if it wasn’t for those pesky drones!
lovely to see it up close..’.ringsend’, how apt