Glenbeg Water Treatment Plant
The Glenbeg Water Treatment Plant is designed to treat up to 3,000m3 of water per day. The plant is located on the western shore of Glenbeg Lough on the Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork, and supplies treated water to Castletownbere and its environs, including a number of fish processing companies based on Dinish Island just off Castletownbere […]
Lough Mask Regional Water Supply Scheme
A Water Order secured under the 1942 Water Supplies Act gave the right to abstract up to 54,145m3 of water per day from Lough Mask. The phased development involved the provision of a supply connection to Westport Town from the Lough Mask Regional Water Supply Scheme at a location near to the treatment plant at […]
Longford Central RWSS
Over the course of the Longford Central RWSS scheme, two works contract were carried out which significantly improved the existing water treatment and water supply infrastructure. The first contract that was carried out involved the improvement of water treatment facilities at Lough Forbes WTW. Prior to the upgrade, the existing clarification tank was overloaded. This […]
Grid West
The Grid West Project is part of the National Grid 25 Programme. The 400kV scheme will form part of the electrical network necessary to connect an estimated 5,000MW of renewable energy resources available in the West of Ireland, as well as meeting the long-term electricity needs of consumers in the region. The Grid West project […]
Source Protection Zones
This project forms a fundamental element in catchment management. It makes sense to know where our water is coming from, particularly water for human consumption. The areas defined as source protection zones around public supply boreholes and springs are critical areas that help in: Understanding our groundwater resources in terms of the source of the […]
Costelloe Regional Water Supply Scheme
The Costelloe Regional Water Supply Scheme was procured in two contracts, a DBO contract for the lake impoundment, abstraction works and treatment (Contract 3), and an Employer Design contract for pipelines and reservoirs (Contract 2). Contract 2 commenced in June 2013 and included the construction of two clearwater service reservoirs (500m³ and 1,700m³) and approximately […]