Transcript Slide 1

Tar Water Management Unit
Area
241 km2
River Basin District
South Eastern RBD
Main Counties
Tipperary
Protected Areas
Galtee Mountains SAC
Lower River Suir SAC
2 Drinking Water abstractions from Tar River
and Glengalla River.
Sectoral Total Phosphorus Source
(This does not imply impact)
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Tar Water Management Unit Action Plan
STATUS/IMPACTS
Overall status
17 RWB - 16 good, 1 moderate. 0 lakes.
Status
elements
Waterbody status is generally dictated by Q-score, 1 good WB is driven by Phys
Chemical, 1 high WB reduced to good due to fish data. Status was extrapolated for 7
good and 1 moderate WB. Chemical Status not monitored.
Possible
Impacts - EPA
Water Quality
2004
BURNCOURT - (SE_16_565, Status 2009 - Good) Continuing satisfactory with high
ecological status again recorded. (Q score 4-5)
DUAG - (SE_16_567, Status 2009 - Good) Satisfactory with good quality recorded at all
locations. (Based on Q score 4)
GLENBOY - (SE_16_2794, Status 2009 - Good) Continuing satisfactory but with drop in
ecological quality compared with previous assessments. (Q score 4)
GLENGALLA - (SE_16_2794, Status 2009 - Good) Continuing satisfactory but with drop
in ecological quality compared with previous assessments. (Based on Q score 4)
SHANBALLY - (SE_16_3940, Status 2009 - High) Continuing satisfactory with high
ecological status at both locations. (Based on Q score 4-5)
TAR - (SE_16_2532, SE_16_565 and SE_16_3038, Status 2009 - all Good) Continuing
satisfactory with high ecological status at one of the three locations. (Based on Q scores
4 and 4-5)
PRESSURES/RISKS
River Status
6%
High
Good
Moderate
Poor
Bad
Yet to be determined
94%
SELECTED ACTION PROGRAMME
NB All relevant basic measures, general supplementary measures and SEA mitigation measures apply
Nutrient sources
Most TP is diffuse (96%) mainly from agriculture (76%), forestry (11%), unsewered
properties (8%).
Point
Sources
See Action Table for WWTP at risk below.
Point pressures
3 WWTPs - Ballyporeen, Burncourt and Clogheen WWTPs.
No Section 4s.
2 IPPC
2 WTPs - Glengarra Treatment House and Drumore Treatment House.
Diffuse
Sources
AGRICULTURE: Good Agricultural Practice Regulations and Enforcement.
Other
Protection of drinking water, abstraction control and future licensing.
Wastewater
Treatment Plants
(WWTP)
and
Industrial
Discharges
Burncourt WWTP at risk – refer to Selected Action Programme
Point Source Discharge
Burncourt WWTP
Quarries, Mines
& Landfills
There are 19 quarries, no landfills and no mines within the WMU
Agriculture
There are 2 waterbodies deemed to be at risk from agriculture within the WMU:
SE_16_639 and SE_16_3012
On-site systems
There are 1483 septic tanks in this WMU, none of them are posing a risk to water
quality due to their density, location and unsuitable hydrogeological conditions.
Forestry
There are no waterbodies within the WMU at risk from Forestry.
Dangerous
substances
There are no waterbodies at risk from dangerous substances within the WMU.
Morphology
There are no waterbodies at risk
Abstractions
There are 4 waterbodies at risk from abstractions within the WMU: SE_16_2837,
SE_16_615, SE_16_3038 and SE_16_565.
Other
There are no HMWB or AWB within the WMU.
County
South Tipp
Priority
2
Measure (Investigation before Capital
Works)
Investigate the need for increase in
capacity of treatment plant.
Tar Water Management Unit Action Plan
OBJECTIVES
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
Restore/Prote
ct 2015
17 water bodies
Alternative
Objectives
Extended Deadlines – none
Future
Pressures
and Developments
New Modifications or Development – none requiring alternative objectives
at present.
Throughout the river basin management cycle future pressures and
developments will need to be managed to ensure compliance with the objectives
of the Water Framework Directive and the Programme of Measures will need to
be developed to ensure issues associated with these new pressures are
addressed.
HMWB/AWB - none
River Data
This table outlines water body information including status and a breakdown of its elements, protected areas, objectives and timescales.
IE_SE_Tar
Supporting Elements
Biological Elements
Protected Areas
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GES
2009
SE_16_2532
Y
GES
2009
SE_16_2552
N
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GES
2009
SE_16_2794
Y
G
G
GES
2009
SE_16_2837
Y
G
G
GES
2009
SE_16_2883
N
SE_16_2532
G
GES
2009
SE_16_2892
N
SE_16_2514
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GES
2015
SE_16_3012
N
SE_16_3786
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GES
2009
SE_16_3038
Y
G
SE_16_3940
Y
G
SE_16_4049
N
SE_16_565
Y
G
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G
SE_16_567
Y
G
H
SE_16_615
Y
SE_16_639
Y
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SE_16_639
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GES
2009
G
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GES
2009
GES
2009
Y
GES
2009
G
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GES
2009
G
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GES
2009
G
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GES
2009
SE_16_2837
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G
Date objective to
be achieved
SE_16_2532
Objective
N
Drinking Water
SE_16_2530
Nutrient Sensitive
Waters
2009
Special Protection
Area
GES
Special Area of
Conservation
G
Chemical Status
SE_16_2837
Ecological Status
N
Physio-chemical
SE_16_2440
Specific Polutants
2009
Morphology
GES
Phytobenthos
(Diatoms)
G
Fish
SE_16_2532
FreshWater Pearl
Mussel
N
Macroinvertebrate
s (Q)
Monitored Y
(Extrapolated N)
SE_16_1138
Donor Waterbody
Member State
Code