Prevention of Pollution

The Council conducts a continuous programme of monitoring watercourses and other sensitive areas of the town's environment with a view to early detection and prevention of pollution. Advice is given where this is appropriate, and where it is ineffective, formal notices are served under the Water Pollution Act.

The Town Council also monitors air pollution and has a role in dealing with noise nuisances, cases of which can be referred to the District Court for an order to remedy nuisance.

Persons engaged in processes which result in discharges of effluent to natural water courses and/or sewers must obtain a licence from the County Council. In the case of certain industrial processes, the licence is obtainable from the Environmental Protection Agency. Industrial processes involving emissions to the atmosphere must similarly be licensed.