OEP says there is 'a pressing need to address the significant issues of nutrient pollution in Northern Ireland - as exemplified by the situation at Lough Neagh'
The Stormont department in charge of our water quality has failed to meet a legal deadline on its plan to reduce the kind of pollution that ‘killed’ Lough Neagh.
Nitrates, which come from farm-run off and sewage, are one of two pollutants behind the spread of blue-green algae in our waterways.Read more: NIEA investigating slurry spreading during Storm Agnes According to the letter, dated September 26, DAERA permanent secretary Katrina Godfrey wrote to OEP in August to tell them “it has not been possible to complete the four-yearly review”.
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