Oltre la metà delle aziende agricole del West Cork non superano le ispezioni idriche comunali
https://www.southernstar.ie/farming/over-half-of-west-cork-farms-fail-council-water-inspections-4344756
di Bill_Badbody
Oltre la metà delle aziende agricole del West Cork non superano le ispezioni idriche comunali
https://www.southernstar.ie/farming/over-half-of-west-cork-farms-fail-council-water-inspections-4344756
di Bill_Badbody
7 commenti
Stewards of the land my eye.
Wow. Shocked. Who could have predicted etc etc
Not surprising to see such a high failure rate attributed to improper storage of slurry and manure, given that guidelines for what constitutes proper storage are non-existent, and what is there, is vague, at best.
More needs to be done to make clear, and easily understandable guidelines available to farmers, so that they can address any concerns before they arise because after all, they don’t want to see any run off either.
If you live rurally, there is absolutely no excuse for not filtering your water. Get an RO system if you can afford one. Whenever you hear about water loss from mains pipes, you should also be thinking about what is leaking *into* the pipes from agricultural runoff, etc. Headlines like this highlight the problem.
This is in line with this recent EPA press release
>[https://www.epa.ie/news-releases/news-releases-2025/water-quality-has-improved-in-some-areas-but-continues-to-decline-overall–.php](https://www.epa.ie/news-releases/news-releases-2025/water-quality-has-improved-in-some-areas-but-continues-to-decline-overall–.php)
The report shows that, despite improvements in some areas, water quality in Ireland is not as good as it should be and is continuing to decline overall:
* 52 per cent of rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal waters are in a satisfactory ecological condition, which means in good or high ecological status. This is a decline since the 2016-2021 assessment when 54 per cent of surface waters were satisfactory.
* Excess nutrients from agriculture, urban wastewater and other human activities remains the biggest challenge, followed by changes to physical habitat conditions.
* Transitional waters, including estuaries and coastal lagoons, are in the poorest condition of any waterbody type, with 70 per cent in an unsatisfactory condition, up from 64 per cent in the last assessment.
* 92 per cent of groundwaters are in good status. Canals are also in relatively good condition with 87 per cent achieving their water quality targets.
It is post-colonialism behaviour. On continental Europe people have respect for their land and let nature breathe. In Ireland the land is seen to be exploited continuing the British colonist policy of profit and destroy.
The impact of the industry needs to be properly reckoned with