| Killiney Beach loses Blue Flag |
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| Wednesday, 03 September 2008 | |
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Killiney Beach lost its Blue Flag status last week after tests conducted by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council showed the water at the popular bathing spot had been contaminated by a leak from a nearby sewage treatment plant. However, despite the removal of the flag, the council has insisted that the water at Killiney still meets mandatory national and European bathing quality standards. The council said they took away the Blue Flag after water quality in the area was “adversely affected” by an outflow from the nearby Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant. The local authority added that the recent bad weather had also contributed to the deterioration in the water quality there. The loss of the Blue Flag at Killiney also follows a number of overflows of effluent into the water at Seapoint Beach from a sewage pumping station there. An Taisce said that a recent test it carried out on the water at Seapoint Beach showed that the levels for coliforms [bacteria found in the faeces of animals and humans] in the water was over 50 times higher than the Blue Flag limit. The Blue Flag limit for coliforms per 100ml is 500, national limits are 5,000 and EU mandatory limits set at10,000. According to An Taisce, the total coliform count for the water they tested at Seapoint was 109 on July 29. However, results for the water quality at Seapoint in a test taken on August 5 showed that the coliform count had risen to 5,700, which is massively over the Blue Flag limit and also exceeds the acceptable national limit for bathing water. The Minister for the Environment John Gormley recently approved a e86 million plan to upgrade Shanganagh treatment plant and lay a 6km (3.7 mile) transfer pipeline between Shanganagh and Bray. The public-private partnership scheme is expected to begin on the pipeline later this year and the council says it should be completed in spring 2009. The project is part of a water services investment programme that is dedicated to improving utility infrastructure for water and drainage throughout the county. The council claimed this will have a hugely beneficial effect on the bathing waters in the area. “It is hoped that Killiney will again achieve Blue Flag status on completion of the contract,” a spokesman said. Under the partnership scheme the contractor will be responsible for the maintenance of the plant for 20 years from 2010. |
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