Sewage sludge pumped into Dublin Bay

UNTREATED sewage is being added to the clean water outflow of a new €300 million EU-funded treatment facility at Ringsend in Dublin.

Yesterday, Dublin City Council confirmed that diluted sewage sludge, said by local residents to be putrid smelling, is being discharged into Dublin bay.

In fact, as much as a quarter of the sludge arriving at the new plant in Ringsend is diluted with water, which has been cleaned by the plant, before being discharged.