COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

MOTION NO 13.

MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

"That this Area Committee wishes to commend South Dublin County Council on efforts over the past number of years to improve water quality in the Griffeen River and particularly welcomes the increase of brown trout observed in the lower reaches of the river; and with a view to continuing these improvements, calls on the Chief Executive:

• - To provide a report on the latest water quality testing and water quality status of the Griffeen River;

• - To carry-out specific testing of the water discharging from outflow pipes and channels into the Griffeen River in Griffeen Valley Park, between the N4 and railway line;

• - To seek to ensure that the need for continued improvement to water quality in the Griffeen River is prioritised in the upcoming River Basin Management Plan."

REPORT: 

Water quality samples are collected from the River Griffeen at regular frequency from two locations, Amyler Road and Lucan Village, by Water Services staff of South Dublin County Council. Results show good water quality at Amyler Road sampling point and moderate water quality at Lucan Village for the relevant nutrient parameters of ammonia and phosphorus.

Over the past three years South Dublin County Council has carried out a significant amount of water quality sampling and assessment of the River Griffeen, including investigation at the discharge points to the river, as it is a river of interest to the Water Services section of the Council and will receive thorough consideration when the Council agrees its programmes of measures for the county with the EPA, for the second cycle of the Water Framework Directive.