Galway West TD calls on Irish water to step up following EPA report
Galway Bay fm newsroom - A Galway West Fianna Fáil is calling on Irish water to expedite water treatment schemes for Ahascragh, Carraroe, Kinvara and Spiddal.
The areas were among a list of 42 towns and villages named in an EPA report today with no treatment or preliminary treatment only.This means that raw sewage is seeping into water systems across the country.Galway West TD Eamon O Cuiv says Irish Water need to deal with this issue once and for all.
Clifden is also named as one of seven areas nationwide where current infrastructure does not comply with a European Union Directive for waste water treatment.The study by the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that it will be mid-2015 for the required secondary treatment of urban waste water in Clifden to be complete.Connemara Area Cllr Eileen Mannion says contracts will be signed for Clifden treatment plant next month and work is also progressing on the network in the town