Waste Water consists of effluent from:
Currently surface water (e.g. Rain) from the city is also arriving at the Mutton Island Treatment Plant via the “combined” sewer (foul sewage and surface water).
Under the Galway Main Drainage Scheme – Stage 3 the sewers will be separated which will allow surface water to run-off directly to the river via a new pipe work.
The Wastewater flows from your home in Galway City to the Mutton Island Treatment Plant, where it is treated to remove suspended solids, organic matter, nutrients and disease-causing organisms, leaving effluent that is suitable for discharge back into the environment.
The sorts of things you put down your sink or flush down your toilet can have a major effect on the costs of treating the sewage, and consequently, can make it far more expensive to treat sewage to an acceptable standard.
You must keep plastics, oils, chemicals, paints and pesticides out of the sewerage system.
Such non-biodegradable products cannot be treated by the bacteria that break down the rest of the waste.
Flushing these products down the toilet or sink makes the treatment process more difficult and more costly