REAL POLLUTERS EXPOSED, AND IT’S NOT SEPTIC TANK OWNERS, SAYS HARKIN | Donegal DailyThe admission by the EPA that municipal sewerage treatment plants had a poor level of performance and a ‘shocking’ non compliance rate refuted the attempts of those who sought to relate water quality problems to deficient septic tanks, says MEP Marian Harkin.
Ms Harkin said: "What has been revealed in this report is that the threat to the quality of Ireland’s waters and the country’s ability to meet targets set under the EU Water Framework Directive comes largely from the state and not from septic tanks.
and here is the EPA report.
UWW Report - Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland
http://www.epa.ie/downloads/pubs/wat...UWW_Report.pdf
It would stand to reason that a fee should now be imposed on the urban dwellers to pay for this.
"What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass". Lord Melborne, on Catholic emancipation in Ireland