'I have seen this discharge over the years into quite a clean looking area of the river, turning it brown downstream'
South Belfast resident Mark Walsh says he has seen sewage being released into the river from the Newtownbreda Water Treatment plant on several occasions over the past few years and is worried about how it will affect the river and the local environment.
NI Water has said that any discharges from their sites have been agreed upon by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and are permitted. A DAERA spokesperson said: “Northern Ireland Water Ltd hold a consent to discharge under the Water Order 1999 for Newtownbreda wastewater treatment works as issued by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency .
"Newtownbreda WwTW is designed to receive a certain flow from the sewer, with secondary treatment provided for the flow that the WwTW is designed to treat. In wet weather flows can exceed the WwTW treatment capacity and are diverted to storm tanks for storage and settlement, and returned for full treatment when the storm or wet weather has subsided.
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