There's a over €50 million sewage scheme being undertaken in Co Waterford.

The Waterford Grouped Towns and Villages Sewerage Scheme (Seven Towns Project) had this month been approved for funding under the Irish Republic's Department of Environment Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2012.

The scheme provides for the construction of new or upgraded wastewater treatment and collection systems in Ballyduff/Kilmeaden, Dunmore East, Kilmacthomas, Stradbally, Tallow, Cappoquin and Ardmore.

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Waterford County Council is advancing the scheme on the basis of separate contracts for the collection systems and a single Design Build and Operate contract for the wastewater treatment plants.

The sewerage collection systems for the towns of Tallow and Kilmacthomas are already completed and construction work has now started on the Cappoquin collection system and on the interim sewerage treatment facilities at Ardmore pending the construction of the treatment plant there.

Irish Minister Gormley recently approved funding to allow Stradbally collection system to go to construction and the Council also expects to go to tender for the Ballyduff/Kilmeaden and the Ardmore sewerage collection systems shortly.

(BMcC/KMcA)