This shows the urban areas with a population equivalent of more than 500 served by a sewage collection system. The boundaries shown in the map are based on the maps provided by the licensee in the EPA's Waste Water Discharge Licence Applications. Further information about each licence and their application can be found on the EPA website - www.epa.ie
This dataset shows the urban areas that are on the EPA’s priority list because they fall under one or more of the following criteria: Failing to meet EU sewage treatment standards; discharging raw sewage because there is no treatment plant, key pressure on rivers or lakes, impacting on bathing water, improvement needed to protect Pearl Mussels; or improvement needed to protect Shellfish Waters. Further information about EPA Priority Urban Areas can be found in the EPA’s Annual Urban Waste Water Report on the EPA website - www.epa.ie.