€11m to be invested in new Ballyvaughan wastewater treatment plant
AN INVESTMENT OF €11m in a new wastewater plant for Ballyvaughan has been confirmed.
Uisce Éireann
Burst watermain in Doonbeg impacting supply
UP TO forty properties across Doonbeg and Kilrush are without water after a main burst in West Clare.
Tour of wastewater treatment plants in North Clare sought
*Uisce Éireann’s Ennistymon plant. Photograph: John Mangan A SCHOOL-TOUR like trip for elected members of the West Clare Municipal District to wastewater treatment plants in North Clare is on the cards.
An Bord Pleanála delay decision on Newmarket-on-Fergus wastewater treatment plant
*Photograph: John Mangan AN BORD PLEANÁLA’s decision on additional wastewater treatment in the village of Newmarket-on-Fergus will not be announced until June.
Burst causes water outage in Cratloe & Meelick
Photograph: John Mangan WATER SUPPLY is out in Cratloe and Meelick after a burst to a large trunk water main on Saturday morning.
Community groups welcome sanction against Uisce Éireann for major fish kill
*Denis Vaughan. Photograph: John Mangan SANCTIONS against Uisce Éireann for a major fishkill in North Clare have been welcomed by local groups.
Council says Uisce Eireann waste water treatment plan “would have adverse impacts” on visual amenities of Kilkee
*Photograph: John Mangan CLARE COUNTY Council has told Uisce Éireann that its planned waste water treatment plant (WWTP) for the seaside town of Kilkee would have “adverse impacts” on the visual amenities of the area and character of the local landscape.
Housing Minister in talks with Uisce Éireann to try rescue Ennistymon €7.7m development
*Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien. Photograph: Tom Micks DESPITE over fifty towns and villages in Clare being prohibited from the construction of housing developments due to inadequate wastewater infrastructure, the Minister for Housing insists the climate is improving for young people to build homes.
Uisce Éireann fined €5,000 after treatment plant caused ‘ecological tragedy’
*Photograph: John Mangan AN IRON SLUDGE discharge from a ’no longer fit for purpose’ water treatment plant operated by Uisce Éireann was the cause of an ‘ecological tragedy’ that wiped out all fish life over a 2.6km river, a court has heard.
Housing Minister criticises objection to upgrade of treatment plant in Newmarket-on-Fergus
*Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien (FF) with local election candidate David Griffin (FF). OBJECTIONS to the upgrade of a wastewater treatment plant in Newmarket-on-Fergus has been criticised by the Minister for Housing.