Tag Archives: Beaches

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This morning.

Kerryanne Conway writes:

The UCD Acclimatize Project has identified dog faeces as an important cause of water pollution, which can result in temporary bathing prohibition notices being issued by local authorities.

In an effort to address this issue, the UCD Acclimatize team has released ‘Leave Only Paw Prints’ illustrating the direct link between dog fouling and poor beach water quality.

They want to highlight the potential harm caused by the abandoned dog mess and encourage pet owners to take responsibility for cleaning up after their dogs on the beach to help ensure better water quality for all to enjoy.

Arf.

Leave Only Paw Prints (Acclimatize)

Top pic via UCD Allimatize Project

This afternoon.

Merrion Strand/Sandymount Strand, Dublin 4

Problems with beaches along the Dublin coastline are persisting. Three of the five waters classified as being poor are in this region: Merrion strand, Sandymount strand and Portrane beach. In the case of Merrion strand, it risks being declassified as a bathing location next year, the EPA warns.

Urban wastewater is “the most common pressure impacting bathing water”, underlining the need for improvement in sewage treatment systems, it added.

Other bathing waters classified as poor were: Lilliput (Lough Ennell), Co Westmeath, and Clifden, Co Galway.

Five bathing areas still poor, despite overall improvement in Irish waters (irish Times)

Sam Boal/Rollingnews

Save Poolbeg

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4pLEvcteAQ&feature=plcp

Siobhan Ward writes:

Dogs Unleashed are campaigning for fair and balanced bye-laws for dogs on our beaches and in our parks and made this little video to highlight the issue. Given that it’s an issue that all dog owners are most likely interested in and that the video has lots of cute dogs I thought maybe you could put it up on the site?