Upgrade of Staleen Water Plant to start

CONTRACTS have been signed for the upgrade of the Staleen Water Treatment Plant, it has been revealed.

The upgrading of Staleen Water Treatment Plant will help to remove the South Louth and East Meath water supplies from the EPA’s Remedial Action List, according to Irish Water.

A contract to complete the upgrades was recently signed by Irish Water and work will commence in the coming months.

Irish Water is working in partnership with Louth County Council to upgrade the Plant and an investmetn of €24 million has been made to upgrade this and the Cavanhill Water Treatment Plant.

It is expected that these works will take approximately 18 months to complete and will be carried out by Murphy Process Engineering Limited on behalf of Irish Water.

In parallel, Irish Water is progressing with the design works associated with the replacement of the existing pumped supply main from Roughgrange Pumping Station on the banks of the River Boyne to Staleen Water Treatment Plant ( WTP).

Staleen WTP treats and supplies water to the South Louth and East Meath Water Supply Zones ( WSZ’s).

Cavanhill WTP treats and supplies water to Dundalk.

The Staleen WTP was originally constructed in 1974 and upgraded in 1986, and now supplies over 80,000 people across Drogheda and East Meath areas.

The news has been welcomed by local TD Imelda Munster who said it was great to see it upgraded and modernised finally and fit for purpose.