Lead Story: Authorities approve ‘emergency’ leachate release into designated shellfish waters

Farming oysters in Westport Bay with Westport sewage plant in the background. Last December, Mayo County Council (MCC) transported 2,346 tonnes of leachate (liquid waste) contaminated with dangerous substances from Derrinumera landfill site to Westport sewage treatment plant and released it into Clew Bay’s valuable shellfish waters. Leachate is the liquid formed when rainwater passes through waste in a landfill site.

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