Speaking in the Dáil last week at
Report Stage of the Water Services
(Amendment) Bill 2011, Environment
Minister Phil Hogan said - ‘My Department
is currently in discussions with the
European Commission and the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) regarding
the performance standard guidelines
that will have to be adhered to by
septic tank and wastewater systems
in 2013.
A new solar-powered water disinfection
system could revolutionise the provision
of clean water in developing countries,
according to a research team at Trinity
College Dublin.
The installation of water meters
could cost the State less than €200
million or more than €800 million,
depending on the method chosen, the
Oireachtas Committee on the Environment,
Transport, Culture and Gaeltacht has
heard.
The Dublin Region water mains rehabilitation
project, worth €118 million, has begun
to carry out major improvement works
in Dublin City to replace old leaking
Victorian water mains.
Britain's rivers are drying up -
unless emergency measures are adopted,
some of the finest waterways could
be reduced to trickles over the next
few decades.
The Minister for Environment, Community
and Local Government Phil Hogan TD
has announced that there will be a
period of public consultation on septic
tanks performance standards following
the legislation being enacted this
week.
Owners of older septic tanks will
not be forced to upgrade them to the
latest Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) standards under the Water Services
Bill, Minister for the Environment
Phil Hogan said last week.
IFA Environment & Rural Affairs
Chairman Harold Kingston has welcomed
the consultation commenced by the
Department of the Environment, regarding
the reform of the delivery of water
services in Ireland as “a necessary
measure to reduce costs and duplication
by the 34 county and city councils
which have responsibility for water
investment and maintenance.”
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