All EPA Priority Urban Areas

This dataset shows the urban areas that are on the EPA’s priority list because they fall under one or more of the following criteria: Failing to meet EU sewage treatment standards; discharging raw sewage because there is no treatment plant, key pressure on rivers or lakes, impacting on bathing water, improvement needed to protect Pearl Mussels; or improvement needed to protect Shellfish Waters. Further information about EPA Priority Urban Areas can be found in the EPA’s Annual Urban Waste Water Report on the EPA website - www.epa.ie.