Dunfanaghy
DONEGAL was one of just six local authorities given quality status out of 18 around the country today for our bathing waters.
The Environmental Protection Agency gave its figures in a report out today.
In 2013, 97% of bathing areas (131 of the 135 bathing areas) complied with the EU mandatory standards and were classified as achieving at least ‘sufficient’ water quality status – similar to the 2012 bathing season.
The proportion of bathing areas that complied with the much stricter EU guideline standards indicating ‘good’ water quality status was up at 84.4% (114 of 135) compared to just 66.9% (91of 136) in 2012.
Donegal, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Meath, Clare, Kerry and Louth were in this stricter category and given the ‘good’ status. These account for 38.5% (52 of 135) of all bathing waters.
Four of the 135 bathing waters (3%) failed to comply with the minimum mandatory standards, indicating ‘poor’ bathing water quality status. These were Clifden Beach (Galway), Lilliput (Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath), Dugort (Achill, Co. Mayo) and Ballyloughane (Galway City).
Throughout the 2014 bathing season, up-to-date bathing water quality information and notifications of any incidents affecting bathing waters will be displayed on the Splash website at splash.epa.ie.
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