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This is a points dataset of licensed and licensable Section 4 discharges to water to support the characterisation of waterbodies for the 3rd Cycle of River Basin Management Planning and beyond. These sites were collected by EPA, in conjunction with the Local Authorities, in...
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The exclusive economic zone of the State is the area beyond and adjacent to the territorial seas subject to the specific legal regime established in Part V of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, done at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982, the text of which, in...
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Urban Waste Water Agglomerations Failing to meet EU Sewage Treatment StandardsRialtasThis shows all urban areas that failed to comply with one or more of the EU sewage treatment standards. Further information about urban areas failing to meet EU sewage treatment standards and information on the Directive can be found in the EPA’s Annual Urban Waste Water...
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This dataset shows the urban areas that are on the EPA’s priority list because they fall under one or more of the following criteria: Failing to meet EU sewage treatment standards; discharging raw sewage because there is no treatment plant, key pressure on rivers or lakes,...
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Urban Areas with sewage treatment of more than 500 population equivalentRialtasThis shows the location of sewage treatment plants that treat sewage waste produced by more than 500 people. Further information about each licence can be found on the EPA website - www.epa.ie.
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Urban Areas with a population equivalent of over 500 that receives no treatmentRialtasThis shows the urban areas where sewage is collected and released back into the environment without treatment. Untreated waste water is commonly referred to as raw sewage. Further information about Urban Areas with no treatment can be found in the EPA’s Annual Urban Waste...
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This shows the urban areas where waste water discharges were a contributing factor to the poor classification of the bathing waters, as identified in the EPA’s annual Bathing Water Quality in Ireland Report. When bathing waters are classified as poor it means that there is a...
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This is a polygon dataset of the waste water treatment plants catchment areas in agglomerations (towns/cities) with a population equivalent of over 500. This dataset also represents Certificates of Authorisation (COAs) with a population equivalent of less than 500. Urban...