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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

QUESTION NO. 22

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

"To ask the Chief Executive to please supply information on how often the quality of the water in the Glenaulin Park stream is tested and include in the report the quality of the water for the months of April, May, June, July and August of this year?"

REPLY:

"In recent years the Council has reviewed and directed river sampling resources to specific projects, such as the one relating to domestic misconnections, for the purpose of quantifying water quality issues for the whole of the County. Such review has allowed the Council to generate data to support its LIFE funding application in September 2016. Therefore, the Glenaulin and similar small tributary streams have not been sampled this year but are due to be sampled in 2017 to update their environmental information.

The Glenaulin catchment has approximately 1,900 domestic dwellings and possibly c.50 commercial units within this drainage area. A recent visual inspection of the stream indicated the stream suffers from domestic misconnection pollution, not excluding industrial impacts. Due to the concerns raised it is proposed to inspect the stream four times until the end of 2016 to determine if any industrial sources are present."