> The agency said the deterioration in estuaries and coastal waters is mostly along the southeast and southern seaboards and is due to agricultural run-off.
I work in the Water industry (not in Ireland). It is a serious global issue that people vaguely think is a future problem. Im telling you it’s a now problem. Less so for Ireland but shit is getting bad and for some reason it’s not news worthy.
PFAS (industry run off), Nitrates, Phosphates (Agricultural runoff), Uranium contamination (mining), supply (irrigation) – rivers drying up due to diversion and missmanagement.
Desalination is too energy intensive still to be viable, and our natural fresh water sources are fucked without serious treatment and management.
I’d love to return to Ireland and share my industry experience, but its not taken seriously there because people assume rain = lots of fresh water.
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> The agency said the deterioration in estuaries and coastal waters is mostly along the southeast and southern seaboards and is due to agricultural run-off.
I work in the Water industry (not in Ireland). It is a serious global issue that people vaguely think is a future problem. Im telling you it’s a now problem. Less so for Ireland but shit is getting bad and for some reason it’s not news worthy.
PFAS (industry run off), Nitrates, Phosphates (Agricultural runoff), Uranium contamination (mining), supply (irrigation) – rivers drying up due to diversion and missmanagement.
Desalination is too energy intensive still to be viable, and our natural fresh water sources are fucked without serious treatment and management.
I’d love to return to Ireland and share my industry experience, but its not taken seriously there because people assume rain = lots of fresh water.
Ireland is fuuuuuuuucked