EPA Prosecutes Uisce Éireann - Mullinahone (D0456-01)

Hearing Date: February 09, 2023

On 9th February 2023 the Environmental Protection Agency prosecuted Uisce Éireann at Dublin Metropolitan District Court.

Uisce Éireann pleaded guilty to breaches of conditions of its Waste Water Discharge Licence – D0456-01) by :

  1. Failing to comply with condition 5.4 on the 1st of January 2020, by failing to upgrade the Mullinahone Waste Water Treatment Plant so as to ensure compliance with the emission limit values as set out in Schedule A of the said licence.

 

  1. Failing to comply with condition 3.2 on the 21st of January 2020, in that one or more specified discharges from the waste water works exceeded the emission limit value for Ammonia as set out in Schedule A: Discharges and Discharge Monitoring, of the said licence.

 

  1. Failing to comply with condition 3.2 on the 8th of September 2021, in that one or more specified discharges from the waste water works exceeded the emission limit value for Orthophosphate (as P) as set out in Schedule A: Discharges and Discharge Monitoring, of the said licence.

Judge Halpin, having heard the evidence, convicted Uisce Éireann on charge 1 and imposed a fine of €1,000 with charges 2 & 3 taken into consideration.  Costs of were also awarded to the Agency.