Water Services - Major Capital Schemes


Objectives

The Water Services Investment Programme is concerned with the development of infrastructure to facilitate the following aims: -

  • extending treatment and distribution capacity of water supply systems in the major towns and villages.
  • the improvement of services in order to provide enhanced treatment of wastewater and reduction in the level of nutrients being discharged to surface waters,
  • provide infrastructure within urban settlements to facilitate the development of towns and villages in a sustainable fashion in accordance with the County Development Plan and various Local Area Plans
  • provide a satisfactory resource protection with the implementation of water conservation throughout the county

Current Projects include:



The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has commenced work on the develoopment of the Water Services Investment Programme(WSIP) 2010-2012 and has issued Circular L6/09 to Local Authorities on July 2009.