Discharge into Dublin Bay blamed on breakdown of a processing tank at Ringsend treatment plant
The Environmental Protection Agency has begun an investigation into discharge into Dublin Bay at the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The Ringsend plant is operating at 20% over capacity treating sewage for a population of 1.9 million instead of the 1.6 million it was designed to take.It has experienced overflows before such as in October 2019 during Storm Brian. Irish Water last year announced a €80 million investment as part of a €400 million total upgrade to cater for the extra demand.
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