Over €7m Announced To Help Resolve Inadequacies In Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure

Irish Water is to invest over €7m to help resolve inadequacies in the wastewater treatment infrastructure in Clifden, County Galway.

The firm confirmed €7.75m has been secured for the project.

The Clifden sewerage network has already been upgraded and the construction of a new Wastewater Treatment Plant for the town is due for completion in October 2015.


The EPA Urban Wastewater Report 2014 identified 44 large urban areas that did not achieve the mandatory EU water quality effluent standards and Clifden was one of the locations. Clifden Beach has also been rated as 'poor' in the recent EPA Bathing Water Quality Report, a report that describes many issues that contaminate beach areas, including sewage discharge, agricultural runoff and other contaminated runoff in coastal areas.

(CD/JP)