Want to know how the team at Fingal keep our beaches safe and clean?
TheBathing Water Quality Regulations 2008set out our obligatins for bathing water quality checks and public information during the bathing season. We take 10 samples in total, 1 before and 9 during the bathing season, far in excess of minimum requirements. Samples are taken fortnightly from the end of May to mid-September.
Bathing water quality on Fingal beaches is generally classified as Good or Excellent and you can check water quality results for our beaches on the EPA website www.beaches.ie. If we get test results that do not meet the standards we have a process in place for notifying beach users. You can read more about this process in our Water Pollution Incidents section.
We monitor 11 beaches in Fingal for water quality. For beach locations see our Beaches section. 10 of these beaches are identified bathing waters. Identified bathing waters are ses, river or lake surface waters that we consider to be widely used by the public for bathing. You can read more about this process below.
Public Participation in the Identification of Bathing Waters in Fingal for Season 2020
Tens of thousands of people have been enjoying a dip at Irelands pristine lakes, rivers and beaches during the summer seasons. What most swimmers do not know is that City and County Councils' must identify official bathing areas in their area every year so that they can be monitored for safety, water quality and their level of use. To help them with this process, Fingal County Council are now asking people who swim at beaches, lakes and river to tell them if they think they should maintain existing bathing waters designations or give a new official bathing area designation to areas that are commonly used for swimming and are not designated at the moment.
Under European and Irish law, City and County Councils must identify bathing waters each year so these areas can be monitored to ensure they meet stringent microbiological water quality standards. In some cases the official bathing areas are also the areas where councils focus their resources providing lifeguards during the summer season. These laws also require that the Council prepares detailed descriptions or profiles for each of the identified bathing waters that describe not just the bathing area but also areas in the surface waters catchment area that could be a source of pollution. The profiles include an assessment of the risk of pollution and what action would be taken if pollution happens.
if you are a regular swimmer and want to help us decide which bathing areas should be identified for season 2020, it may be helpful to consider the following:
How your swimming area has been used up to now?
How many people use the site?
What facilities (e.g. signage, parking, toilets, picnic area etc) exist at the site and how accessible it is?
If you wish to propose your favourite beach/river etc as a new bathing water site or comment on an existing site, please make your submission through this consultation portal.
Alternatively, please post your written submission to:
Operations Department (Bathing Waters), Fingal County Council, Grove Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.
Closing date for submissions is Wednesday 17th July 2019.
Public Consultation on Identification of Bathing Waters in Fingal for Bathing Season 2020
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Want to know how the team at Fingal keep our beaches safe and clean?
The Bathing Water Quality Regulations 2008 set out our obligatins for bathing water quality checks and public information during the bathing season. We take 10 samples in total, 1 before and 9 during the bathing season, far in excess of minimum requirements. Samples are taken fortnightly from the end of May to mid-September.
Bathing water quality on Fingal beaches is generally classified as Good or Excellent and you can check water quality results for our beaches on the EPA website www.beaches.ie. If we get test results that do not meet the standards we have a process in place for notifying beach users. You can read more about this process in our Water Pollution Incidents section.
We monitor 11 beaches in Fingal for water quality. For beach locations see our Beaches section. 10 of these beaches are identified bathing waters. Identified bathing waters are ses, river or lake surface waters that we consider to be widely used by the public for bathing. You can read more about this process below.
Public Participation in the Identification of Bathing Waters in Fingal for Season 2020
Tens of thousands of people have been enjoying a dip at Irelands pristine lakes, rivers and beaches during the summer seasons. What most swimmers do not know is that City and County Councils' must identify official bathing areas in their area every year so that they can be monitored for safety, water quality and their level of use. To help them with this process, Fingal County Council are now asking people who swim at beaches, lakes and river to tell them if they think they should maintain existing bathing waters designations or give a new official bathing area designation to areas that are commonly used for swimming and are not designated at the moment.
Under European and Irish law, City and County Councils must identify bathing waters each year so these areas can be monitored to ensure they meet stringent microbiological water quality standards. In some cases the official bathing areas are also the areas where councils focus their resources providing lifeguards during the summer season. These laws also require that the Council prepares detailed descriptions or profiles for each of the identified bathing waters that describe not just the bathing area but also areas in the surface waters catchment area that could be a source of pollution. The profiles include an assessment of the risk of pollution and what action would be taken if pollution happens.
if you are a regular swimmer and want to help us decide which bathing areas should be identified for season 2020, it may be helpful to consider the following:
You may also refer to the EPA document Public Advice on the Identification of New Bathing Waters.
If you wish to propose your favourite beach/river etc as a new bathing water site or comment on an existing site, please make your submission through this consultation portal.
Alternatively, please post your written submission to:
Operations Department (Bathing Waters), Fingal County Council, Grove Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.
Closing date for submissions is Wednesday 17th July 2019.
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