Irish Water To Invest In Lough Talt Regional Water Supply Scheme

Irish Water is to invest €1.9 million in the Lough Talt Regional Water Supply Scheme.

The project will deliver improvements in network performance and customer service in terms of supply pressure, security of supply and water pressure, the organisation has said.

Shareridge Ltd will undertake the work on behalf of Irish Water.

Work is expected to begin next month and is expected to take a year to complete.

It will involved the rehabilitation and replacement of 17km of water mains in Curry, Quarryfield, Killavel and Oldrock, primarily located through private lands, with 24km of new polyethylene water mains to be located primarily on public roads.

The works will also include service connections to properties currently served by water mains located in backyards and private properties in Curry, Quarryfield, Killavel and Oldrock. This will involve laying a new main in the public road, adjacent to the property, and connecting the main to the property with a new individual private service connections.

Contractors working on behalf of Irish Water will contact residents in the coming weeks to arrange surveys of properties supplied by backyard services.

Declan Cawley, Water Network and Rehabilitation Programmes Regional Lead at Irish Water, said: "The proposed works will be carried out in sections to minimise impact on residents, businesses and road users. The works will involve some short-term water shut offs for a number of hours over a day or two in each area when the new pipes are being connected to the existing network.

"The project team will ensure that householders and businesses are advised of any works in their area in advance and will be given 48 hours prior notice of any water shut offs."

(JP/LM)