Water quality issues remain in Kildare catchements says Environmental Protection Agency
Further reductions in nitrogen will also be achieved with other planned waster water plant upgrades
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Nutrient concentrations in waters are too high and the trends are going in the wrong direction, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says in a new Water Quality Indicators Report 2019 which provides an assessment on Ireland’s surface water and groundwater quality.
It says that agriculture impacts on over half (53%) of the 1,460 water bodies at risk of not meeting their environmental objectives and urban waste water impacts on 22%.
Just over half of Irish surface waters are in a satisfactory condition.