Over €11m invested in Meath wastewater upgrades
Uisce Éireann spent €11.5m on a treatment plant upgrade in Enfield and completed major upgrades in Stamullen.
These projects are part of the utility’s record nationwide investment programme, which aims to support public health, and enable sustainable local development.
The EPA’s Urban Wastewater Treatment Report for 2024 revealed that in Enfield, the Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade increased capacity to serve 6,200 residents and also treated wastewater from Johnstown Bridge in Co Kildare.
In Stamullen, the wastewater scheme upgrade benefits both Stamullen and Gormanston, supporting future housing and population growth.
Uisce Éireann said the project also delivers long-term environmental improvements by stopping treated wastewater from being discharged into the River Delvin.
These local upgrades are part of a €481 million nationwide investment in wastewater infrastructure in 2024, bringing total investment since 2020 to over €2b.
Currently, 92pc of Ireland’s wastewater treatment plants are “fully compliant”, with key upgrades ongoing at facilities such as the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant in Dublin, which is being expanded to serve a population equivalent of 2.4m.
Maria O'Dwyer, Uisce Éireann's Director of Infrastructure Delivery, said some of the issues highlighted in the EPA report underlined the scale of the work that “still needs to be done” to bring wastewater networks to the “standard everyone would like to see.”
“We are getting there but it will take many years and continued investment, as well as support from Government, our regulators, communities and our customers, to reach the standards we want to achieve,” she said.