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Yet another swimming ban this morning...

  • 06-08-2020 10:29am
    #1
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,090 ✭✭✭✭


    What's going on, anyone know the issue, ban was only lifted 2 days ago and it back again this morning in Lahinch, Kilkee, Spanish point, Milton malby.
    I believe it's the river entering at the north of lahinch but why is it constantly polluted?


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  • #2
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    It's runoff from farms and other areas coupled with lots of rain and warm temperatures which is encouraging bacterial growth I think


  • #3
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,090 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Just chatting to my brother there he reckons it's a **** pipe a few km off shore that's leaking as opposed to the river causing it.
    Is there sewerage pipes leaking I wonder..


  • #4
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,090 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Mrs was just chatting to someone in the council there saying it's the pumps in Kilkee, they can't cope with the extra load and it's all just ending up straight in the sea.


  • #5
    mrsoundie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭mrsoundie


    https://twitter.com/Tri2bResponsibl/status/1288810966260555779?s=20


  • #6
    BnB
    Registered Users Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭BnB


    Clareman wrote: »
    It's runoff from farms and other areas coupled with lots of rain and warm temperatures which is encouraging bacterial growth I think

    It is not the run off from farms. It is sewage.


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  • #7
    Chavways
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    There is an official Clare County Council report from 2015/16 floating around (can't find it at the minute) that goes into detail on all swimming beaches in Clare as well as the inflows nearby the beaches.

    It's been about 2 years since I saw the report but as far as I remember, there is raw sewage flowing into the Inagh River just below Ennistimon which outputs at the north side of Lahinch Beach as well as sewage flowing near the beaches at Kilkee, Quilty and Spanish Point. As mentioned above, it's not farmland drain-off due to heavy rain. I'll see if I can dig out the report.


  • #8
    BnB
    Registered Users Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭BnB


    If the council believed it was the fault of the farmers, you can be sure they would have said it. They haven't said because they know bloody well that it's between themselves and Irish Water the problem is


  • #9
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,090 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Just noticed this looks like it should be completed by 2022, currently 8000 wheelie bins of sewerage being dumped in the water a day. https://www.water.ie/projects-plans/kilkee-sewerage-scheme/


  • #10
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    does look at bit "brown" this morning or is that just a natural colour?

    http://www.onitsurf.com/surf-cameras/lahinch-beach-surf-camera.html


  • #11
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,090 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    It's been brown the last couple of weeks, proper poo looking. They've lifted restrictions this morning at most of the beaches still an advisory not to swim in Lahinch.
    It should be clear looking not brown, it's crystal clear up the road in fanore.


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  • #12
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    is the ban in Lahinch still in place?


  • #13
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    fryup wrote: »
    is the ban in Lahinch still in place?

    Nope, lifted yesterday

    https://twitter.com/ClareCoCo/status/1293496453105688581?s=19


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