The Safer Seas Service is the only national real-time water quality service that protects all water users from pollution. The pioneering service alerts water users when sewer overflows discharge untreated human sewage into the sea and when water quality is temporarily reduced due to heavy rainfall and pollution incidents at any time of the year. Users can also download a virtual map of every marine water body in Ireland and see where spills have occurred in the past, so they can take steps to minimise their risk.