Derrybrian bog eruption
The Moor burst of Derrybrien was a natural disaster that in October 2003 near Derrybrien ( Irish Daraidh Braoin ) in Irish County Galway destroyed a larger land area.
When building a wind farm on a bog was on 16 October 2003 during excavation of a foundation pit of a wind turbine , a Moor outbreak triggered. In the process, around 450,000 m³ of bog loosened and flowed down a slope in a southeastern direction. The avalanche uprooted numerous trees from a 30-year-old forest and followed the course of a stream for about 2.5 kilometers. It flowed around an old farmhouse, but rolled down several stone buildings in its course and finally came to rest. In the days that followed, the bog was liquefied again by heavy rainfall and started moving again. From October 29th to 30th, it poured into the river Owendalulleegh ( Abhainn Dá Loilíoch ), where it was washed into the nature reserve Lough Cutra ( Loch Cútra ) 22 kilometers away and threatened the drinking water intake of the city of Gort . The moor introduced into the river water reduced the oxygen content of the water, which, according to estimates by the local fisheries authority, killed around 50,000 - 100,000 fish. After the landslide eruption of the bog, construction of the wind farm had to be stopped. As a result of this event, Ireland was sued by the European Court of Justice in July 2008 for poor implementation of environmental legislation.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Presentation of the events ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 28, 2011)
- ↑ EU court rules against Ireland on Derrybrien RTE News (accessed June 28, 2011)
