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Where agricultural measures are needed to restore water quality, the Subbasin are highlighted with one or more coloured flags to indicate the types of water quality issues associated with that Subbasin: Red (potential point source), Orange (nitrate losses) and/or Navy...
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The Air Quality Index for Health (AQIH) is comprised of 6 regions as follows: Dublin, Cork, Large Towns (>15,000), Small Towns (5,000 – 15,000), Rural East and Rural West. The AQIH is calculated on an hourly basis using representative sampling from each region. Each region...
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The PRTR Paper and Wood Production and Processing sector includes the following activities: (a) Industrial plants for the production of pulp from timber or similar fibrous materials. (b) Industrial plants for the production of paper and board and other primary wood products...
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The PRTR Production and Processing of Metals sector includes the following activities: (a) Metal ore (including sulphide ore) roasting or sintering installations. (b) Installations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary melting) including continuous...
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The PRTR Other activities sector includes the following activities: (a) Plants for the pre-treatment (operations such as washing, bleaching, mercerisation) or dyeing of fibres or textiles with a treatment capacity of 10 tonnes per day. (b) Plants for the tanning of hides and...
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The PRTR Waste and Wastewater Management sector includes the following activities: (a) Installations for the recovery or disposal of hazardous waste receiving 10 tonnes per day. (b) Installations for the incineration of non-hazardous waste in the scope of Directive 2000/76/EC...
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PRTR: Animal and vegetable products from the food and beverage sectorEnvironmentThe PRTR Animal and vegetable products from the food and beverage sector includes the following activities: (a) Slaughterhouses with a carcass production capacity of 50 tonnes per day. (b) Treatment and processing intended for the production of food and beverage products from:...
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EnvironmentThe PRTR Energy sector includes the following activities: (a) Mineral oil and gas refineries. (b) Installations for gasification and liquefaction. (c) Thermal power stations and other combustion installations with a heat input of 50 megawatts (MW). (d) Coke ovens. (e) Coal...
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The PRTR Mineral industry sector includes the following activities: (a) Underground mining and related operations. (b) Opencast mining and quarrying where the surface of the area effectively under extractive operation equals 25 hectares. (c) Installations for the production...
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The PRTR Intensive livestock production and aquaculture sector includes the following activities: (a) Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs (i) With 40 000 places for poultry; (ii) With 2 000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg); (iii) With 750 places...
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The PRTR Chemical industry sector includes the following activities: (a) Chemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of basic organic chemicals, such as: (i) Simple hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic); (ii)...
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EnvironmentThe PRTR NO2 data map details modelled annual concentrations of nitrogen dioxide for Dublin, 2017.
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EnvironmentThe PM2.5 data map details modelled annual concentrations of PM2.5 for Dublin, 2017.
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EnvironmentThe PM10 data map details modelled annual concentrations of PM10 for Dublin, 2017.
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This is a points dataset of the locations of current and past air monitoring sites managed within the EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Network.
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This record represents near real time River Ecology Monitoring Results. National surveys of Irish rivers have taken place on a continuous basis since 1971, when 2,900 km of river channel was surveyed. The National Rivers Monitoring Programme was replaced by the Water Framework...
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Marine sediment is considered any deposit of insoluble material, primarily rock and soil particles, transported from land areas to the ocean by wind, ice, and rivers, as well as the remains of marine organisms, products of submarine volcanism, chemical precipitates from...
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Macro-invertebrate are animals without backbones, visible to the naked eye. Data includes annual species richness and abundance (river macro-invertebrate). Data geographical coverage is 16 sites across the Newport facility Burrishoole catchment. Data on macro-invertabrates has...
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EnvironmentThe Automatic Water Quality Monitoring Stations (AWQMS) measure the following parameters at high frequency (sub 10 mins): DateTime, Depth (m), Water temperature (degC), Conductivity (milli Siemens/cm), Salinity (parts per thousand), DOPC (% Saturation), DO (mg/l), pH (pH...
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Identification and mapping of heavy metal pollution in soils of a sports ground in Galway CityEnvironmentHeavy metals in urban soils continue to attract attention because of their potential long-term effects on human health. During a previous investigation of urban soils in Galway City, Ireland, a pollution hotspot of Pb, Cu, Zn and As was identified in the sports ground of South...