Alliance to oppose ‘plundering’ of Shannon

A BRANCH of the Shannon Protection Alliance has been established in Limerick in an effort to prevent millions of litres of water being extracted from the Shannon river to boost dwindling supplies in the greater Dublin area.

The plans by Dublin City Council would see water extracted at a rate of 500 million litres per day from a point at Terryglass at the top of Lough Derg.

According to the Shannon Protection Alliance (SPA), this equates roughly to the amount of water that leaks from the Dublin water system. The group has urged Dublin City Council to fix water leaks and conserve water instead of “plundering” the Shannon, which supplies 1.5 million people living along its catchment area.