The Owenteskna Kilcar water supply in South Donegal has been removed from the EPA Remedial Action List (RAL) following a €3.8M upgrade.
The water supply scheme serves over 2,700 customers in Owenteskna and Kilcar. Inclusion in the RAL signified that the supply had serious deficiencies and action was required to reduce risks.
The Irish Water upgrade involved the building of a new treatment system to address screening and disinfection issues in the source at Lough Nalughraman.
A new state of the art water treatment plant and reservoir were constructed. The new treatment system includes UV disinfection to mitigate against the risk of contamination from Cryptosporidium.
Irish Water have today confirmed that customers in the south west area of Donegal now have a reliable supply of high quality drinking water in compliance with requirements set out in the European Union Drinking Water Directive and National Drinking Water Regulations.
Works are continuing on the six other Donegal water supplies Cashilard, Creeslough, Glenties-Ardara, Greencastle, Letterkenny and Milford Letterkenny. Is it expected that all schemes will be completed and removed from the RAL by the EPA by year’s end.
