OscailtShell contaminate water in MayoMayo County Council repeatedly fail to act
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17/09/05 - 285 micrograms/litre<br />
28/10/05 - 303<br />
02/11/05 - 250<br />
07/12/05 - 397<br />
13/01/06 - 215<br />
23/01/06 - 260<br />
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Levels in the water leaving Bellanaboy have not been measured below the set limit since November 16th., cosistently registering at 2-3 times the limit, and on a couple of occasions exceeding 1000 micrograms/litre. Some of the on-site water has been measured at more than 34,000 micrograms/litre, and is not contained.<br />
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To highlight this problem, protestors of all ages converged on Mayo County Council!Shocking Pics!!!http://www.indymedia.ie/article/74344#comment1388262006-02-20T02:22:45+00:00cool jjimmyobyrne at yahoo dot comIf ever pictures painted a 1000 words. Serves to highlight the criminal negligia...If ever pictures painted a 1000 words. Serves to highlight the criminal negligiance of Mayo Co. Co. particualry the county manager and his officials who obviously have complete contempt for local people's health and safety. This matter is now so serious that it should be raised in the Dail.Reply to Mayo County Secretary John Condonhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/74344#comment1437582006-03-27T01:20:52+00:00JMThe letter of protest (that included five questions) was "answered" by the Count...The letter of protest (that included five questions) was "answered" by the County Secretary on the 8th March last, and can be found on the County Council's website here<br />
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under "Erris Water quality 10/03/2006"<br />
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Below is the response to that reply.<br />
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John Condon (County Secretary)<br />
Mayo County Council<br />
Aras an Chontae<br />
Castlebar<br />
County Mayo<br />
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22/03/2006<br />
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Dear Sir<br />
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I refer to your well-publicised reply of 8th March 2006 to questions raised by myself and others regarding water quality in Carrowmore Lake, due to ongoing site works (or lack of) at the proposed Corrib gas refinery site at Bellanaboy, Erris, County Mayo.<br />
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Your relatively swift response is obviously a hasty attempt to divert attention from the facts, while maintaining the appearance of genuine concern for the affected public. I must draw your attention once again to the questions raised previously, and will fill in the blanks that are apparent in your lack of knowledge or understanding of the issues.<br />
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1. Does the Erris waterworks plant have the capacity to remove excess aluminium?<br />
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The question is misquoted by you. Your reply suggests “the excess aluminium” does not exist, when the actual question refers to a theoretical problem.<br />
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Also, your response goes on at great length to stress there is no evidence of excess aluminium in either Carrowmore Lake or the treated drinking water from Erris Water Works. You respond to questions not asked, but your answers are still false.<br />
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I suggest you inspect the public file on testing results in the Belmullet branch of Mayo County Council.<br />
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2. How many times can a recorded breach of “acceptable drinking water limits” be allowed before any action is taken?<br />
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Another theoretical question, but demanding a specific answer. The “acceptable drinking water limits” refers to those set by the Environmental Monitoring/Management Plan (EMP - Appendix 8) that apply to run-off from the site, with no specific reference at all to the “treated drinking water” in your reply.<br />
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You allude to “formal procedures” but give no specifics, and your reference to boil alerts addresses microbiological contamination, not metallic contamination.<br />
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According to the Council’s own figures, the limits for aluminium in site run-off are being continuously breached (see above).<br />
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3. Is Mayo County Council required to notify the public about sub-standard water quality?<br />
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This is a general question, but hints at drinking water quality. The reply is better than the previous two, referring to the HSE and notifying customers.<br />
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Will you inform the HSE and the public of the recorded breach of aluminium levels in the drinking water on 01/02/06?<br />
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4. Has the water treatment equipment been certified by Axonics?<br />
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You gave a very brief answer to this one, showing a reluctance to dwell on it’s importance.<br />
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The company involved advertises installation, commissioning and certification of it’s systems, yet Mayo County Council is unaware of certification in this case.<br />
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No-one appears to be accountable for the experiment being conducted on the Bellanaboy site, while Shell and Roadbridge play games with our drinking water.<br />
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Will the Council take responsibility when Carrowmore Lake is seriously polluted? The task of processing well over ten thousand cubic metres (10,900,000 litres) of polluted water through a ¾ inch pipe is a sick joke, even without any more rain falling on Bellanaboy!<br />
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5. Has Mayo County Council approved the discharge from Axonics to be released into public drains?<br />
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Despite the lack of guarantees regarding the treatment system, you gave “approval to the developer to discharge from the Axonics plant subject to a number of conditions” at the end of January.<br />
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The conditions laid out in the EMP require containment, treatment, storage, testing and finally discharge from the site.<br />
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Only limited treatment is being conducted at present (it would take five months to clear the site of current water levels at the current treatment rate), the testing of stored water prior to discharge is completely ignored, and the continuous overspill of contaminated water remains unchecked since last October.<br />
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This remains a most serious issue affecting the health and wellbeing of virtually all the inhabitants of Erris. It is to Mayo County Council’s eternal shame that the speed applied to PR attempts is not applied to preventing the destruction of our environment.<br />
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Yours<br />
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John Monaghan<br />
Rossport South<br />
Ballina<br />
County Mayo