The practice threatens water quality as well as the amenity value of the coastal waters around Spiddal.
Plans to stop the discharge of the equivalent of 600 wheelie bins of untreated wastewater being discharged into Galway Bay each day are to be unveiled. The plan includes the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant in Spiddal.
The provision of wastewater treatment for Spiddal will mean improved water quality of bathing waters at Trá na mBan and Céibh na Spidéil, enhancement of Spiddal's amenity value and will act as a platform for social and economic development. The project will assist with ensuring that the water quality standards set out in relevant legislation will be achieved.
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The proposed new wastewater treatment plant will be located at the site of the existing Udaras wastewater treatment plant, north of the Udarás na Gaeltachta Craft Village. A below ground pumping station will also be constructed in the green area in front of the Craft Village with a rising main to the new wastewater treatment plant. The rising main will be approximately 280 metres in length and located along the Craft Village access road and adjacent to the Cló-lar Chonnacht premises. A treated wastewater pipeline will also be laid along the same route to safely discharge treated wastewater via the existing outfall to the sea.
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