The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a new study which shows that only 33% of river sites in the whole south east region show at least ‘good’ compliance with the standard for nitrogen, a chemical which is an indicator of the level of pollution in water bodies. Worryingly for Carlow, the River Barrow, along with the Nore and Suir, only achieved a ‘moderate’ or worse compliance with the nitrogen standard…
Carlow People, 07/03/15. Read the full article ‘River Barrow is ‘moderately’ polluted according to EPA‘.
