Irish Water's prosecution for contaminating mussel habitat in Cork adjourned 

Progress report on new water treatment

The existing wastewater treatment plant discharges into the Brogeen river, a protected conservation area and home to the freshwater pearl mussel. Picture: William O’Connor

A judge has adjourned a prosecution against Irish Water for contaminating the Co Cork habitat of an endangered mussel for a progress report on a new water treatment plant to be completed in 2024.

The utility was before Dublin District Court again following an 11-month adjournment in the case taken by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).