Planning application lodged for water treatment plant upgrade

A planning application to upgrade one of the county’s water treatment plans has been lodged.

Uisce Éireann, formerly Irish Water, has applied to Roscommon County Council for permission to upgrade the existing Castlerea (Longford Springs) Water Treatment Plant (WTP), located within the townland of Longford, County Roscommon. The application was received by the council last Friday and it is at the initial pre-validation stage. A date for the decision is not yet known.

The works aim to improve the treatment performance and operational reliability of the existing Castlerea WTP. 

The upgrade works include the replacement of the existing raw water sump and associated pumping equipment; the construction of a new treatment building housing two treatment streams; the construction of a new clear water tank; and the modification of the existing washwater system.