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This report covers: The Water Service In Southern Ireland,The Water Service In Northern Ireland,The Water Sector In Southern Ireland,The Water Sector in Northern Ireland,The Water And Sewerage Sector In Northern Ireland,The Water and Sewerage Sector in Southern Ireland,The Irish Water Industry,River Pollution in Northern Ireland,River Pollution in Southern Ireland.

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Definitions This report examines the water industry in Northern and Southern Ireland, giving coverage of the water and sewerage services provided. The capital expenditure on water supply and sewage related projects for the 1997 to 2001 financial period, and forecast expenditure for the 2002 to 2006 financial period.

For the purposes of this report, sewage refers to water-borne wastes from domestic uses of water, derived from households or similar uses in trade and industry.

Sewerage is a system of pipes and mechanical appliances for the collection and transportation of domestic and industrial waste waters.

With regard to sewage, treatment levels are as follows:

• preliminary treatment: gross solids in sewage are removed or disintegrated by passing it through screens
• primary treatment: sewage flows into settling tanks where solid material sinks to the bottom
• secondary treatment: relies on the action of natural bacteria to break down the organic matter that is left in the sewage after primary treatment
• tertiary treatment: removes suspended matter and nutrients to enable the effluent to comply with more stringent standards before discharge to receiving waters

The three types of sludge produced at treatment works are classified as follows:

primary sludge: made up of solid matter which settles in the first stage of sewage treatment

humus sludge: made up of solid matter which settles in special treatment tanks known as humus tanks

activated sludge: contains a lot of microbes and is used to treat incoming sewage at the secondary stage

Eutrophication refers to the enrichment of water by nutrients, especially compounds of nitrogen and phosphorous, causing accelerated growth of algae and higher forms of plant life to produce disturbance to the balance of organisms present in the water and to the quality of the water concerned.

Cryptosporidium refers to a water-borne micro-organisms, believed to originate from livestock.

Voted resources refers to funding that is allocated by the Northern Ireland Assembly to the water services from regional rate charges collected from the Northern Ireland population. i Definitions

MSI has a policy of rounding numbers, from five onwards up to the next significant figure.

All values quoted are at current prices unless otherwise stated. Other related reports by MSI include:

• MSI Databrief: Water Supply Industry: UK, published in February 2001
• MSI Data Report: Capital Expenditure By The Sewerage Industry: UK, published in February 2001
• MSI Data Report: Water And Effluent Treatment Plant: UK, published in April 2000
• MSI Data Report: Water Supply Industry: France, published in February 2000
• MSI Data Report: Sewage Disposal: France, published in February 2000
• MSI Data Report: Water Supply And Sewage Disposal: Germany, published in June 2000
• MSI Marketing Presentation: The Future Of The Scottish Water Industry To 2006, published in October 2001

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