Businesses in the Northern Sound region have been encouraged to get a trade effluent licence after a "fatberg" was discovered at a local wastewater treatment plant.
A fatberg is a rock-like mass of waste matter in a sewer system, that is formed by flushing non-biodegradable solids, such as wet wipes, fat, oil and grease deposits.
One was recently found at the Bailieborough Wastewater Treatment Plant, and Anthony Skeffington, regional operational manager with Irish Water, says fatbergs pose "challenging" and "costly" issues.
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Speaking to Northern Sound, Anthony explained that businesses availing of trade effluent licenses enables Irish water "analyse and control discharges":
