Carlingford Lough discharge concerns raised at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
A Northern Ireland Water chief says he is "confident" his company is not responsible for a mysterious bad odour in south Down.
At a special council meeting this week, NI Water's director of finance, regulation and commercial, Ronan Larkin addressed the issue, saying: "It is a brand new modern plant and recently councillors had a meeting about Warrenpoint and some issues with odour and some questions were asked, could it possibly be coming from our discharge from that plant? We think not.
However, the chamber heard from NIW that Northern Ireland was behind the rest of the UK when it came to technology to record the length of time and accurate amounts of discharge into waterways. "Because, the independent report commissioned by the WHA, just a few weeks ago, stated that it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that your activity contributed to some of the odour in the area.
"However, if it gets to the point that it is in your house or garden that's the kind of worst problem anyone can ever have. And any time that happens with us, we have a deep affinity with the householder or business that is flooded, because that is an awful situation to be in.
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