Irish Water, working in partnership with Fingal County Council, is starting work on the €4.5 million Loughshinny wastewater project next week.
Irish Water, working in partnership with Fingal County Council, is starting work on the €4.5 million Loughshinny wastewater project next week.
Improvements to the sewer network in Loughshinny will safeguard the environment by stopping the discharge of inadequately treated wastewater into the Irish Sea - wastewater currently flows to an overloaded septic tank, which allows inadequately treated wastewater to discharge directly into the Irish Sea.
The delivery of the project will provide wastewater services that meet the needs of both domestic and commercial customers in Loughshinny and the surrounding area while also providing some capacity for future growth of the village in line with the Fingal Development Plan 2017-2023.
The works involve the decommissioning of the overloaded septic tank, the construction of a new wastewater pumping station at Loughshinny beach carpark and the construction of 2.5km of new wastewater pipeline from the pumping station to the Skerries wastewater collection network. Wastewater from Loughshinny will be transferred for treatment at the Wastewater Treatment Plant in Balbriggan.
Speaking about the project, Peter Kehoe, Irish Water, said:
“This project represents an investment of €4.5million by Irish Water and is essential as the current wastewater infrastructure is unable to support the needs of the area. The Loughshinny wastewater project will safeguard the environment by ending the discharge of inadequately treated wastewater into the Irish Sea. It will ensure that the wastewater infrastructure meets the needs of homes and businesses in Loughshinny whilst also providing some capacity for future growth.”
Jons Civil Engineering Company Ltd. is delivering the contract on behalf of Irish Water - the project is scheduled to be completed in September 2021.
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