A €25m major water treatment plant is being built in Co Kilkenny.

The contract is for the design, build and operation of a new water treatment plant at Athy, using the River Barrow Abstraction.

The contract has already been awarded to Veolia Water Ireland Limited, in Kilkenny for £20.6m.

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The contract is for the design, build and operation of a new water treatment plant capable of abstracting and treating up to 40 ML per day of water from the River Barrow at Srowland, Athy, and delivering 38.5 ML per day of treated water into supply over a service phase of 20 years.

See: The website www.unearthore.com said the project is being run by Kildare County Council.

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