Towards Setting Guideline Values For The Protection Of Groundwater In Ireland – Interim Report

Summary: This report, published in 2003, proposed environmental quality objectives and standards for groundwater through the use of guideline values. This report and the guideline values presented should be used in conjunction with more recent developments in regulation and guidance for groundwater, including those listed below.

Related Documents

The Guideline Values report should be used in conjunction with the following:

• Environmental Objectives (Groundwater) Regulations (S.I. 9 of 2010);
• Environmental Objectives (Groundwater)(Amendment) Regulations (S.I. 389 of 2011);
• Guidance on the Authorisation of Discharges to Groundwater (EPA, 2011);
• Classification of Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Substances in Groundwater (EPA, 2010);
• Methodology for Establishing Groundwater Threshold Values, the Assessment of Chemical and Quantitative Status for Groundwater and Groundwater Trends (EPA, 2010).

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