A faulty pump at the Vartry Reservoir Treatment Plant was responsible for leaking lime into the Vartry River which resulted in a number of fish kills on Tuesday, February 21. The contamination was contained to a 500 metre stretch of the river. In a statement, Irish Water said they were working alongside Wicklow County Council and Dublin City Council to establish in what circumstances lime leaked into the river…
Wicklow People, 04/03/17. Read the full article ‘Lime leak leads to fish kill in the Vartry‘.
