Commitment is in place to carry out further upgrades at Ballycommon sewage treatment plant, says Uisce Éireann
Sewage flowed into the river for a number of years, yet no effective remedial action was undertaken, despite complaints to local government and State agencies, he adds. “We never realised the effluent from the pipe was going into the river until some of the anglers fishing at night time began to get a strong smell. That pipe should never have been put there at all in the first place.
Along with Inland Fisheries Ireland , they have carried out extensive works to enhance fish stocks but Mr O’Donoghue says this is being undermined by pollution incidents. One of the few options open to the anglers to prevent even worse pollution is to object to new housing in Ballycommon, he says. Cllr Morris says he was told that, following an inspection, the load on the plant did not exceed design capacity but work was required on “flow management” and capital maintenance upgrades were needed before any additional flows could be accepted. As the scope of these works has not been fully determined, the timeline for design, procurement and completion could not be confirmed.
This is holding up the building of 27 houses in Ballycommon amid a housing crisis, Cllr Morris notes. The matter was coming to a head as a planning decision was imminent, while discharges into the river were continuing intermittently.
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