River Boyne Water Quality Management Plan - EPA

River Boync Water Quality hlanagrmcnt Plan4.5 General AmeniwThe Boyne River and it's tributaries are of major amenity value to the people resident in thecatchment and to visitors. Maintenance of this amenity requires a clean river with satisfactory waterquality and a general absence of litter and other debris.Compliance with the required standards for the key beneficial uses of the Boyne River Systemoutlined above will ensure a satisfactory water quality generally. Compliance with the requirementsfor water abstraction for potable use, bathing and recreation and development of salmonid fisherieswill require effective control of discharges from wastewater treatment plants, industry and agriculture.In addition, consideration may be required to the following:-* Storm Sewer Overflows ; overflows fronl combined sewer systems will require fo meetrninimlmr standards based on guidelines provided by the Department of the Environnlent, hthe context ofthe Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC). In particular, slrchoverflows shorrld have discreetly located a~rtfalls with effective control of decritus to preventan aesthetic r~uisance at the sitePlrospl~afe Levels ; phospl7ate levels in rivers nnd more partic~rlarly in lakes give rise toenrichment which causes excessive plant and algal q.&th. This process is known aseuirophication4.6 Waste Disclrarges*&All liquid waste from domestic and ind~st~ja~~development must ultimately be disposed of to-c. .,receiving waters. This section of the F' $WI?WS the major discharges to theBoylle River System,the nature and general design parametc &sting treatment facilities and probable pollution loadsat the discharge point..\"The impact of these discharges isFii