AQW 18501/22-27 – wastewater flow rate at wastewater treatment works within Lough Neagh catchment area

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the wastewater flow rate for each wastewater treatment works facility (i) within the Lough Neagh catchment area; and (ii) across Northern Ireland as a whole. Minister for Infrastructure: The management of public wastewater infrastructure is an operational matter for NI Water. However, … Continue reading AQW 18501/22-27 – wastewater flow rate at wastewater treatment works within Lough Neagh catchment area

AQW 18500/22-27 – Financial expenditure and energy expenditure at wastewater treatment works within Lough Neagh catchment area

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the annual (i) financial expenditure; and (ii) energy expenditure at wastewater treatment works since 2019 (a) within the Lough Neagh catchment area; and (b) across the rest of Northern Ireland. Minister for Infrastructure: This is an operational matter for NI Water however … Continue reading AQW 18500/22-27 – Financial expenditure and energy expenditure at wastewater treatment works within Lough Neagh catchment area

AQW 18568/22-27 – NI Environment Agency 2023 investigation into Moyola Wastewater Treatment Works

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether the Northern Ireland Environment Agency 2023 investigation into the high level of consumer contacts on the taste and odour of the mains water supply and contraventions of the taste and odour parameters in the final water from Moyola Wastewater … Continue reading AQW 18568/22-27 – NI Environment Agency 2023 investigation into Moyola Wastewater Treatment Works

AQW 18651/22-27 – Co-ordinating action on the governance of Lough Neagh

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any consideration that has been given to establishing a cross-departmental body to co-ordinate action on the governance of Lough Neagh. Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: I recognise the need for coordinated cross-departmental action and collaboration to … Continue reading AQW 18651/22-27 – Co-ordinating action on the governance of Lough Neagh

AQW 15191/22-27 – Tests on Drinking Water extracted from Lough Neagh

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the (i) toxins; and (ii) naturally occurring compounds that NI Water test for when ensuring drinking water extracted from Lough Neagh is safe to be consumed. Minister for Infrastructure: This is an operational matter for NI Water. However, I have sought the … Continue reading AQW 15191/22-27 – Tests on Drinking Water extracted from Lough Neagh

AQW 15190/22-27 – Drinking water extracted from Lough Neagh

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the basis on which NI Water has declared drinking water extracted from Lough Neagh to be safe. Minister for Infrastructure: The provision of safe drinking water is an operational matter for NI Water. However, I have sought the requested information and have … Continue reading AQW 15190/22-27 – Drinking water extracted from Lough Neagh

McGlone: Executive must get serious on water quality

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SDLP Opposition AERA Spokesperson Patsy McGlone has said the Executive must get serious on improving water quality across the North. He was speaking after an Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) report found that water quality laws were not being implemented as required. Mr McGlone said the situation at Lough Neagh was the prime example of … Continue reading McGlone: Executive must get serious on water quality

AQW 14232/22-27 – Environmental and public health risk from algal blooms

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what immediate assurances he has sought from NI Water in light of the recent research carried out by Queen’s University Belfast in relation to unprecedented harmful algal bloom in Lough Neagh associated with gastrointestinal bacteria, microcystins and anabaenopeptins presenting an environmental and public health … Continue reading AQW 14232/22-27 – Environmental and public health risk from algal blooms