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In August 2002, the Minister for the Environment and Local Government announced a new grant package, the Design, Build and Operate Project (DBO), for the Group Schemes to help them upgrade their sources where required, and thereafter to maintain/ operate them. Limerick County Council in partnership with The National Federation of Group Water Schemes actively promoted this new grant package in County Limerick.
The DBO project has enabled Group Schemes with private sources which were quality deficient and did not have access to water from a public water supply to have the cost of acquiring essential filtration and/or disinfection equipment grant aided at up to 100% of the cost. All associated civil works including water abstraction sumps, pumping plant, buildings, access roads etc were grant aided at up to 85% of costs.
Grants for the provision of reservoirs, replacement of critical mains and provision of booster pumps were approved for funding under the Advanced Works element of the DBO Project.
Eighteen Group Water Schemes availed of these grants and participated in the DBO Project in County Limerick.
On Friday, 28th March, 2008 the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Mr. John Gormley, T.D., officially marked the completion of the Design and Build portion of the project at a ceremony held in the Heritage Centre at Lough Gur. All Group Schemes have a contract with EPS Ltd for a period of twenty years for the Operation and Maintenance portion of the contract.
Below are the works completed as part of the Limerick DBO Project:
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