Irish Water Network Upgrades Move Ahead

The Irish Government has allocated funding for South Kildare’s water infrastructure as part of a nationwide water services investment programme.

The €60m ($92.5m) fund will be used to upgrade the region’s water infrastructure over the next three years.

Work at the wastewater treatment plant in Ballymore Eustace, which received €3.5m ($5.39m), will begin later this year.

The River Barrow Abstraction Scheme has received €55.4m ($85m) while the wastewater treatment plant has received €25m ($38.5m).

Bagenalstown Lock’s upgrade received €1.4m ($2.1m) and the network itself secured €18m ($27.7m) and €11m ($16.9m).

Work on the scheme will commence this year.

The River Barrow scheme is expected to provide 40% of Kildare’s water supply.

Work has begun for the network upgrade of the Athy Sewerage Scheme, which secured €500,000 ($771,000), and is expected to run until August.

The project will include relining of damaged or defective foul sewers in the town and will involve minimal excavation of roads or footpaths.

The system network is plagued by cracked pipes, leakage of wastewater and infiltration of ground water, which was reported five years ago.