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Barrow Estuary Water
Management Unit
Area
171 km2
River Basin District
South Eastern RBD
Main Counties
Wexford
Protected Areas
River Nore & River Barrow SAC
Barrow Estuary UWWTD
1 drinking water abstraction from
Pollmounty River
Waterford Harbour Shellfish water
Sectoral Total Phosphorus Source
(This does not imply impact)
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Barrow Estuary Water Management Unit Action Plan
River status
STATUS/IMPACTS
Overall status
1 River Water Body in this WMU - Moderate. 2 TraC water bodies - Upper Barrow
Estuary (Moderate Status); New Ross Port (Good Status) – REFER TO Transitional
and Coastal ACTION PLAN for SERBD.
Status elements
Q score dictates status, Phys Chemical status passes. Chemical status not
monitored.
Possible Impacts EPA Water Quality
2004
BARROW - it is clear that there has been an overall improvement in the Barrow since
2000. This despite the fact that water levels were generally below normal everywhere.
However, eutrophication continued to be widespread due to suspected agriculture in
the upper river (0100, 0200) and to suspected sewage.
POLLMOUNTY - The 2003 survey revealed that the Pollmounty River was in a slightly
better overall condition to that recorded in previous surveys: the middle reaches
(0100) were again satisfactory and the lower reaches continued to be affected by fishfarm effluent but not as severely as previous years. Waterbody code: SE_14_1921 /
2009 Status: Moderate (Based on Q value 3-4)
PRESSURES/RISKS
Nutrient sources
59% of TP is Diffuse, 35% of which is from Agriculture. 41% of TP comes from
WWTP.
Point pressures
3 WWTP: Ballywilliam - Fatima Ctg, Ballywilliam - Rehab Hses, Campile.
1 WTP: Castlemoyle.
9 Section 4s: 3 Fish Farms, 6 Private Companies.
3 IPPC: 3 Utilities/Services
Wastewater
Treatment
Plants
(WWTP)
and
Industrial Discharges
Campile and New Ross WWTP - at risk (see WWTP Action Table)
Fishmongers - at risk as existing and future assimilative capacities insufficient for
BOD and Nutrients.
2 IPPC’s - at risk from insufficient assimilative capacity for Nutrients.
Quarries, Mines &
Landfills
There is 1 Quarry.
Agriculture
WMU at risk from agriculture pressures
High
Good
Moderate
Poor
Bad
100%
SELECTED ACTION PROGRAMME
NB All relevant basic measures, general supplementary measures and SEA mitigation measures
apply
Point Sources
WWTP - See Point Source Discharge Table below.
INDUSTRY -Fishmongers Section 4 – investigate
2 ESB IPPCs - investigate
Examine the terms of all discharge authorisations to determine whether they
require review for the purpose of compliance with water body objectives
including protected area objectives and environmental quality standards.
Diffuse Sources
Good Agricultural Practice Regulations and Enforcement.
Other
Protection of drinking water, abstraction control and future licensing.
Measures included in Shellfish Pollution Reduction Programmes under
the Shellfish Directive.
Point Source Discharge
New Ross
On-site systems
There are 1999 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
Not at risk
Dangerous
substances
Not at risk
Morphology
Not at risk
Abstractions
Not at risk
Other
1 AWB - Barrow Navigation
Yet to be
determined
Point Source Discharge
Campile
Point Source Discharge
Campile
County
Wexford
County
Wexford
County
Wexford
Priority
1
Priority
2
Priority
1
Measure (Capital Works)
Increase capacity of treatment plant.
Measure (Investigation before Capital
Works)
Investigate the need for increase in
capacity of treatment plant.
Measure
Commence implementation of the
Pollution Reduction Programme for
Shellfish waters
Barrow Estuary Water Management Unit Action Plan
OBJECTIVES
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
Restore/Protect
2015
1 water body
Alternative
Objectives
Extended Deadlines – none
Future Pressures
and Developments
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.
New Modifications or Development – none requiring alternative objectives at
present.
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_BarrowEstuary
Supporting Elements
Biological Elements
Protected Areas
GES
Date objective to
be achieved
Y
Objective
Drinking Water
Nutrient Sensitive
Waters
Y
Special Protection
Area
Special Area of
Conservation
M
Chemical Status
H
Ecological Status
Physio-chemical
Specific Polutants
Morphology
Phytobenthos
(Diatoms)
Fish
M
FreshWater Pearl
Mussel
Y
Macroinvertebrate
s (Q)
Monitored Y
(Extrapolated N)
SE_14_1921
Donor Waterbody
Member State
Code
2015