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Pollution Control

The Environment Section is responsible for the monitoring and enforcement of noise, air and water environmental standards under Air Pollution, Water Pollution and Waste Management Acts.

The Council is involved in two river basin districts:

  • The Eastern River Basin Project
  • The Shannon Region River Basin Project.

The Council monitors the quality of the water and implements the programme of measures to identify points/sources of pollution and enforces legislation to eliminate them as set out in the river basin management plan.

For more information please see www.wfdireland.ie

Poaching of land:

Poaching can occur where land is “Cut Up” through cattle moving or tramping on wet soils. This removes the vegetative cover, leaving the soil open to the elements and prone to being washed away via surface water run off to nearby surface water drains and watercourses. For more information see: Poaching of land  

Discharge Licences

A Trade that discharges trade effluent (including cooling water) or sewage effluent to waters or any company that discharges trade effluent (including cooling water) to sewers requires an effluent discharge licence. Do I need a discharge licence? 

Local authorities are responsible for issuing licences for:

  • discharge of effluent to waters
  • discharge of effluent to sewers

Large industrial or agricultural activities require an Integrated Pollution, Prevention and Control Licence (IPPC) from the Environmental Protection Agency. Details of the classes of activities requiring an IPPC licences are available from the EPA website - www.epa.ie/licensing/.

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