Smelly Salthill!!

raspberrypi67

Just arrived in Galway 10. 30 , Salthill to be exact, and blown away by the awful smell of sewage... Are they dumping in the bay? Pretty shocking in this day and age. We're a dirty animal, ruining the planet.

There is a big sewage treatment plant on Mutton Island which takes the city sewage.

There might still be some directly discharging into the bay.

Could it be seaweed?

Oldtree

http://connachttribune.ie/epa-report-names-14-areas-galway-pose-water-threat-014/

Salthill isn't mentioned above and improvements made on the other side of the bay too:

http://connachttribune.ie/treatment-plant-opening-can-trigger-tourism-boom-top-development/

There are still the possibility of nearby old septic tank systems overflowing into the sea but not at a level imo that would create a serious smell. This time of the year you get (as mentioned) a lot of seaweed washing up and with the warmer temperatures can rot fairly quickly and give off quite a stink if you're not used to it.

Nekarsulm

Don't know what system is in place in Salthill, but our local system is monitored by conducting a type of slump test on the sediments .
In the water treatment plant if the sediment level is too high, new water cannot be treated, leading to a possible drinking water shortage.
Miraculously, this problem sometimes is cured overnight.

Downstream, you wouldn't want the Council to take any samples the next day.
Somehow, they never sample on these occasions...........

raspberrypi67

Dont know why people always imagine that your thick when talking about things like this. It was not seaweed. I know the difference between the 2. I'm 50 and been around and my nose is still functioning 100%..lol.
Grew up in Sandymount where I was used to this kind of thing throughout the 70's 80's ...until they built the treatment plant in ringsend.
We used to call it the sanymount pong back then when the wind was blowing in the right direction! Even sandymount beach was generally always covered in ****...! Terrible. Water quality now is better but over by merrion gates and booterstown is still pretty bad polution wise, not sure why, mabe dumping going on over there...?
Anyway, I used to remember the quality of the water in salthill as being quite good but by heck, its way down in my estimation now after my visit last week. Think they were denied a blue flag this year, correct me if i,m wrong, but I'd say it certainly woulden't win any medals.

Oldtree wrote: »

http://connachttribune.ie/epa-report-names-14-areas-galway-pose-water-threat-014/

Salthill isn't mentioned above and improvements made on the other side of the bay too:

http://connachttribune.ie/treatment-plant-opening-can-trigger-tourism-boom-top-development/

There are still the possibility of nearby old septic tank systems overflowing into the sea but not at a level imo that would create a serious smell. This time of the year you get (as mentioned) a lot of seaweed washing up and with the warmer temperatures can rot fairly quickly and give off quite a stink if you're not used to it.