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. In the Water Framework Directive
(2000/60/EC) water quality status assessments, carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in
2008, very few Irish groundwater bodies (less than 1 %) were classified as having poor status due to failing to
meet the drinking water objectives for nitrate. However 16 % of groundwater bodies were ?at risk? due to the
potential deterioration of associated estuarine and coastal quality by nitrate from groundwaters (unpublished EPA
data)

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=3088
Resource Keywords	Groundwater nitrate
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	n/a
Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	1
Project Start Date	Sunday 1st June 2008 (01-06-2008)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Friday 1st June 1990 (01-06-1990)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Sunday 1st June 2014 (01-06-2014)
Published on SAFER	Sunday 13th December 2015 (13-12-2015)
Date of Last Edit	Sunday 13th December 2015 at 22:57:47 (13-12-2015)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Sunday 13th December 2015 at 22:57:47 (13-12-2015)

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Ireland South Eastern River Basin District

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