Meeting on North Cork water quality

A public meeting will be held in North Cork next week to inform people of the work done to improve water quality in the area.

The Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) works on behalf of Ireland’s 31 local authorities to protect and restore good water quality in rivers, lakes, estuaries, ground and coastal water.

Next Tuesday evening in the Firgrove Hotel, Mitchelstown, LAWPRO will hold a community information meeting about water quality and water-related issues in the Fermoy Municipal District.

Under the River Basin Management Plan for Ireland, LAWPRO carries out work in areas identified as having poor water quality - called Priority Areas for Action (PAA) - to support targeted water quality improvements.

The community information meeting is being held to make more people aware of work to improve water quality in the area, and to encourage as much engagement as possible with all stakeholders across the community.

Ahead of the public meeting, Anthony Coleman, director of services with LAWPRO, said he hoped to engage as many people as possible at this meeting, because public participation and support was key to achieving water quality improvements.

“We would also like to thank all those whether in a voluntary or paid capacity, working in their local areas to help make a difference to their natural waters and the biodiversity that live in and around them,” he said.

The public meeting will be held at 7.30pm in Firgrove Hotel, Mitchelstown on Tuesday, June 17. To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/mrxphyxp.