Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion
Dr. Eimear Cotter:
There are other impacts on water quality, including inadequately treated wastewater. Our latest assessment shows that wastewater impacts on about 200 bodies of water in the country. Agriculture impacts on about 1,000 bodies of water while urban wastewater impacts on about 200. It is a significant pressure but it is lower relatively than that of agriculture.