42% of septic tanks in Clare failed inspections last year.
A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency shows Clare County Council completed 95 inspections in 2024, meeting the minimum annual requirement for checks.
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It brings the number of failures recorded in the county in the past decade to 277, however 81% of these were remedied by the end of last year, ranking Clare as having a high repair rate.
EPA Senior Manager, Caroline Murphy has been telling Clare FM’s Darragh O’Grady that they’re looking to clamp down on the number of advisory notices open for more than two years.
You can listen to the full interview here:
