Ms Angela Ryan:

Yes. Where we have drowned bogs, when there is heavy rainfall large plumes of organic load end up in the rivers or water bodies, from which we in turn abstract water. We are therefore looking at a number of initiatives right now. There are some bog restoration initiatives, especially in Athy which is upstream of the Srowland water treatment works. We are a stakeholder involved in that and we are seeing good indicators in the raw water quality as a result of those works. Uisce Éireann is really interested in this area. We would like to progress more catchment-type measures to prevent pollutants getting into our water supply in the first place. It reduces the amount of chemical treatment required so there is a cost and health benefit to everyone in that.