What do people reckon happened to the fish? Discharge from the local sewer?
Bit of history.
Native of Claremorris area here. This amenity park used to be a lake surrounded by marshes used as a dumping ground for Butchers. In the 90s however the local families who had the land decided to do it up into Clare Lake and eventually The Land of The Giants walk.
The towns old sewage treatment plant is located beside the lake. So when I was young, we were always told that was an emergency release pipe if the towns new sewage system got blacked or somehow damaged, it would collect in the old plant and systematically release to lake.
The lake itself has always been locally known as dirty. There was a few oil spills from the local car sales and mechanical dealers (also located beside the lake). Locals don’t ever eat fish from this lake. The only problem is the lake directly connects to The River Robe, an important trout river which drains into Lough Mask which connects to the Corrib Lough and river all known for their salmon, trout and pike fishing. Any pollution into this lake damages the entire South Mayo water ways.
Now, turns out this mythical pipe fabled at the local pubs, actually turned out to be real. This is the pipe that discharged a towns worth of sewage into a small lake that could destroy South Mayos waterways. This could be detrimental if its not controlled in the next few days. Lough Mask also provides drinking water to much of South Mayo. So there is also a public health risk
This is the only incident involving Uisce Éireann recently.
Irish water took over all this shit from the council. You would be amazed how bad our water network actually is we have pipes in the ground older then the actual republic. So the plan is disband Irish water and give back to who ? the council ?.
This is the Grand Canal where I live every morning at 7am. It’s horrible to see it happening and knowing that no one will do anything about it.
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Fish Jesus calls for disbandment of Irish Water?
I’m assuming there’s issues with the overflow tank because we don’t invest in water infrastructure. Disbanded Irish Water won’t help.
Most of our rivers are severely polluted. S
90% of Ireland rivers see now toxic , full of silage. Absolutely rotten
This is absolutely scandalous and I personally hope that heads role.
This turning a blind eye to stuff just doesn’t carry.
Happy Mayo Day
Most the water ways are fucked in Ireland. I’ve fished for the last 20 years and the way the rivers/lakes are now is horrendous. There’s about 10% of the fish in the rivers now then there was 20 years ago and most the rivers are choked up with weeds because slurry runs off the land straight into the water. I live in the centre of Ireland and no one can drink their tap water it’s all so poisoned. Same with the wildlife. Small mammals and birds are a fraction what they were and nothing is done about it
Farming practices have poisoned the water and made the land fecking barren and nothing is being done to stop it.
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What do people reckon happened to the fish? Discharge from the local sewer?
Bit of history.
Native of Claremorris area here. This amenity park used to be a lake surrounded by marshes used as a dumping ground for Butchers. In the 90s however the local families who had the land decided to do it up into Clare Lake and eventually The Land of The Giants walk.
The towns old sewage treatment plant is located beside the lake. So when I was young, we were always told that was an emergency release pipe if the towns new sewage system got blacked or somehow damaged, it would collect in the old plant and systematically release to lake.
The lake itself has always been locally known as dirty. There was a few oil spills from the local car sales and mechanical dealers (also located beside the lake). Locals don’t ever eat fish from this lake. The only problem is the lake directly connects to The River Robe, an important trout river which drains into Lough Mask which connects to the Corrib Lough and river all known for their salmon, trout and pike fishing. Any pollution into this lake damages the entire South Mayo water ways.
Now, turns out this mythical pipe fabled at the local pubs, actually turned out to be real. This is the pipe that discharged a towns worth of sewage into a small lake that could destroy South Mayos waterways. This could be detrimental if its not controlled in the next few days. Lough Mask also provides drinking water to much of South Mayo. So there is also a public health risk
This is the only incident involving Uisce Éireann recently.
https://m.independent.ie/regionals/mayo/news/uisce-eireann-pays-15000-after-chemical-spill-at-mayo-water-treatment-plant-resulted-in-fish-kill/a1460894988.html Kiltimagh East Mayo
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/uisce-eireann-plant-ecological-tragedy-32161426 Co Clare
Irish water took over all this shit from the council. You would be amazed how bad our water network actually is we have pipes in the ground older then the actual republic. So the plan is disband Irish water and give back to who ? the council ?.
https://preview.redd.it/kuonrc318hyc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a78093c84ba3652338ec71be46ce2640eb1aee7c
This is the Grand Canal where I live every morning at 7am. It’s horrible to see it happening and knowing that no one will do anything about it.
[deleted]
Fish Jesus calls for disbandment of Irish Water?
I’m assuming there’s issues with the overflow tank because we don’t invest in water infrastructure. Disbanded Irish Water won’t help.
Most of our rivers are severely polluted. S
90% of Ireland rivers see now toxic , full of silage. Absolutely rotten
This is absolutely scandalous and I personally hope that heads role.
This turning a blind eye to stuff just doesn’t carry.
Happy Mayo Day
Most the water ways are fucked in Ireland. I’ve fished for the last 20 years and the way the rivers/lakes are now is horrendous. There’s about 10% of the fish in the rivers now then there was 20 years ago and most the rivers are choked up with weeds because slurry runs off the land straight into the water. I live in the centre of Ireland and no one can drink their tap water it’s all so poisoned. Same with the wildlife. Small mammals and birds are a fraction what they were and nothing is done about it
Farming practices have poisoned the water and made the land fecking barren and nothing is being done to stop it.