The requirements for domestic systems are set out in the EPA Code of Practice for Wastewater Treatment Systems and Disposal Systems Serving Single Houses (2009), to be replaced by the EPA Code of Practice for Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Population Equivalent ≤ 10) 7 (2021) for site assessments and subsequent installations carried out on or after 7th June 2021 or where planning permission has been applied for before that date. The EPA Wastewater Treatment Manuals – Treatment Systems for Small Communities, Business, Leisure Centres and Hotels (1999) 8 and EPA Guidance on the Authorisation of Discharges to Groundwater (EPA 2011) 9 is in place for other developments.
Group Water Schemes and Private Wells
9.6 Private supplies provide water to those areas not served by a public water supply. They comprise private Group Water Schemes serving local communities or private wells serving single dwelling houses. The Rural Water Programme provides funding, to improve water quality. The provision of private bored wells will generally not be permitted where public mains are available or likely to be available.
Individual Wastewater Treatment Systems
9.7 Cork City Council remains the designated authority for the assessment and approval of individual, on- site wastewater treatment systems in unsewered, rural parts of the City Council’s administrative area.
7 https://www.epa.ie/pubs/advice/water/wastewater/code%20of%20practice%20for%20single%20houses/ 8 https://www.epa.ie/pubs/advice/water/wastewater/wastewastertreatmentmanuals-treatmentsystemsforsmallcommunitiesbusiness leisurecentresandhotels.html 9 https://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/water/ground/dischgw/
281
Cork City Draft Development Plan 2022-2028
Volume 1 I Chapter 9
Powered by FlippingBook