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Irish Water has outlined its plan to support biodiversity in Kerry to celebrate World Environment Day today.
Irish Water is launching its Biodiversity Action Plan, which contains measures to protect and enhance flora and fauna in Ireland.
Among the biodiversity enhancement measures in Kerry is the planting of 5.27 hectares of native woodland at Lough Guitane Water Treatment Plant near Killarney National Park.
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Irish Water says it s working with local authorities to support biodiversity across many other sites, including the Integrated Constructed Wetlands in Lixnaw, where swans and otters have been spotted.
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June 4, 2021 7:00 am
Irish Water’s ecology team, l-r: David Fallon; Kate Harrington; Brian Deegan on site at Waterford Wastewater Treatment Plant
Irish Water has said that many rare species of plants, animals and insects have been making a comeback at Irish Water sites around the country as a result of the utility’s work in supporting biodiversity.
To celebrate World Environment Day on Saturday, June 5, Irish Water is launching its
Biodiversity Action Plan which sets out a national programme of measures to protect and enhance Ireland’s biodiversity.
Irish Water says it is committed to playing its part in protecting and enhancing Ireland’s rich variety of flora and fauna at its 1,700 water and wastewater treatment sites nationwide.