Dec 2020
LAWPRO
Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
Martin Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
Farahy Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
LAWPRO
Feb 2020
FWPM sub-catchment.
Land use maps show that the bulk of Farahy_010 is under forestry.
Forestry pressure on Limerick area of catchment, related sediment/BOD
Clearfelling
Agriculture pressures
Mitchelstown and Kildorrery Trout Anglers Association have reported on water quality
Management of runoff from recreational facility (Mallow Autocross)
Ballyguyroe landfill site
Mulkear Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
LAWPRO
Jan 2020
Failing to meet protected area objective for salmon.
Important trout spawning streams.
Industry and anthropogenic pressures
Agricultural pressures: orthophosphate, nitrate, ammonia and/or sediment
Forestry on peat soils
WWTP: Pallasgreen wastewater treatment plant
Keel Foherish Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
LAWPRO
Feb 2021
The river was selected for a multi-agency approach between Forest Service, Coillte and Cork County Council.
Forestry planted on poorly drained soils
Wind farm
It was also selected for the potential to examine impacts from wind farms.
The windfarm development itself is located in the Foherish_020 sub-basin but the access roadway is situated in Keel_010, 1km upstream of the WFD monitoring point. The possible contribution of sediment from roadway construction may have contributed to the deterioration in water quality here. Construction activity associated with the windfarm itself may potentially have impacted on water quality downstream in Foherish_020.
Road drains might have provided a pathway for runoff of sediment-laden stormwater to the river when the windfarm road was originally constructed
Enerco Energy Ltd, details on planned expansion:
Awbeg (Buttevant) West Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
LAWPRO
Feb 2020
Value as trout habitat (IFI)
Hydromorphology/channelization is significant pressure
Agriculture: ammonia, phosphate and nitrate levels are periodically elevated
Forestry
Liscarroll wastewater treatment plant: operating under capacity, but biology was poor in previous cycles and receiving waterbody has deteriorated to poor status
Upper Caragh Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
LAWPRO
Feb 2020
High ecological status objective site, currently at Poor status and At Risk
Part of the Caragh Freshwater Pearl Mussel catchment
Important fishery for Arctic char
No water chemistry data available
Hydromorphology and agriculture were identified as the significant pressures
High risk of surface phosphate (and sediment) pathways. Corine land use and soil maps indicate pasture on peat in all three waterbodies, with the risk of ammonia loss to surface waters. Areas of land reclamation carry the risk of sediment loss to surface waters. Pathways may be both point sources (e.g. farmyards) and diffuse (e.g. slurry spreading, overland flow and land drains).
Shallee Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
LAWPRO
July 2020
Within the public drinking water source protection area for Drumcliff springs which
supplies Ennis
Hydromorphology (land reclamation)
Small point sources (DWWTS and farmyards)
One operational limestone quarry within the Shallee_010 sub-basin but it discharges
under S4 licence to the Fergus_040 waterbody to the north
EPA licensed facility located beside the quarry (Licence no. P0771) which discharges to ground within the sub basin. There is no process water discharged, only surface water which is discharged to ground from settlement ponds. The discharge is licensed for suspended solids and pH.
Clogrennane Lime Limited (Clare) (CRH)
https://goo.gl/maps/jmhDF5pNnGsT4ZhM7
A quicklime production facility comprising of; Maerz PFR kiln and auxiliary plant, and storage silos
https://epawebapp.epa.ie/licences/lic_eDMS/rss/P0771-02.xml
Non operational limestone quarry at Fountain (closed 2010)
Deenagh Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
LAWPRO
June 2021
Peat extraction: harvesting mainly in the headwaters in northern part of the waterbody
Agriculture: phosphate contribution of 75% from pasture
Point source impacts may be an issue close to or at the monitoring point such as cattle poaching, horses and storage of silage bales
Possibility for pesticides issue (to keep rushes back)
Forestry: mainly along forested and peatland areas in the central part of waterbody and the eastern pockets on poorly drained wet soils. SLAM v2.04 indicates a phosphate contribution of 12% from forestry
Much of the forestry appears to have been planted between 1995 – 2000 (prior to the Code of Best Forest Practice), according to aerial imagery, making the crop about 26 years old. Therefore, impacts to water quality from tree harvesting particularly regarding sediment and nutrients (phosphate and Ammonia) release may be a potential issue for the Deenagh_010 in the next ten years or so, as it is planted on peat and in close proximity to the main channel.
Wastewater discharge from housing
Carrigaholt Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
LAWPRO
March 2020
Carrigaholt Bay is a designated Shellfish Water
Nutrients (ammonia and orthophosphate) are the significant issues impacting on water quality. Sediment is potentially a significant issue. Chloride and conductivity levels are also significantly elevated. Elevated chloride in freshwater can be an indicator of domestic sewage (or slurry) pollution
Agriculture and domestic wastewater treatments systems are the significant pressures
Village is unsewered, the river periodically floods and septic tanks overflow, putting the shellfish waters at risk
Carrigaholt requires a waste water treatment plant
Section 4s (effluent discharge licence) on Moyana upstream of the village (holiday mobile home park with over 100 mobile homes and seven holiday homes)
The second S4 licence is not operational (it was an oyster nursery)