Raw sewage discharged from 43 areas countrywide

Raw sewage is still being discharged from 43 locations around the country.

And the treatment plants planned for half of those locations have been delayed by up to two years.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2015 Urban Waste Water Treatment (UWWT) report to be published today, Cork has the highest concentration of locations that failed to comply with the European Union’s effluent quality standards.