Rathvilly Water Treatment Plant Upgrade
Uisce Éireann has completed a €15.5 million upgrade of the Rathvilly Water Treatment Plant. This project will benefit over 15,000 customers with the delivery of a clean, safe drinking water supply.
The Carlow North Regional Water Supply was included on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Remedial Action List (RAL), which identifies water supplies that are in need of improvement.
The completed upgrades have modernised and improved the water treatment process at the plant, ensuring raw water is treated to the water quality standards as required by the European Union Council Directive and Regulations. The supply has now been removed from the RAL.
Glanua Ltd carried out these works on behalf of Uisce Éireann.
What are the benefits of this project?
The upgrade works carried out as part of this project have:
- Ensured the delivery of safe, clean drinking water to residents and businesses in the surrounding area.
- Improved water quality and water treatment standards.
- Ensured compliance with current drinking water quality regulations.
What was involved as part of this project?
Upgrades as part of this project included:
- Installation of monitoring equipment on the river Slaney.
- Upgrade works to existing sludge building.
- New sludge, flocculation and washwater settlement tanks.
- New chemical storage and dosing.
- Aluminium sulphate storage and dosing.
- Enhanced coagulation upgrade.
- Upgraded filters to dual media.
- Sludge dewatering and sludge transfer system.
- Replacement of the High Lift Pumps.
- Replacement of existing ICA equipment and SCADA systems.
- Providing for a modernised, sustainable and energy efficient plant.
