As in many European countries, eutrophication is the principal threat to surface water quality in Ireland. In some
situations groundwater represents a significant pathway for nutrient transport to surface water. According to the Water
Framework Directive, (2000/60/EC) water quality status assessments carried out by the Irish Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) in 2008, 41% of Irish estuarine and coastal water bodies (13% by area) are classified as having less than
good status, as assessed using multiple biological elements. While very few Irish groundwater bodies (less than 1%) are
classified as poor status due to exceedances of the Drinking Water Directive?s (98/83/EC) limit for nitrate, 16% of
groundwater bodies are ?at risk? owing to the potential deterioration of associated estuarine and coastal water quality by
nitrate from groundwater. The majority of these ?at risk? groundwater bodies are in the southeast and southwest of
Ireland (unpublished EPA data)

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=3086
Resource Keywords	nitrate groundwater
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2008-FS-WQ-16_S4
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Water Quality
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
Limitations on the use of this Resource
Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	1
Project Start Date	Tuesday 1st July 2008 (01-07-2008)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Sunday 1st July 1990 (01-07-1990)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Tuesday 1st July 2014 (01-07-2014)
Published on SAFER	Sunday 13th December 2015 (13-12-2015)
Date of Last Edit	Sunday 13th December 2015 at 22:52:16 (13-12-2015)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Sunday 13th December 2015 at 22:52:16 (13-12-2015)

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Ireland South Eastern River BAsin District

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