Irish Water is to invest €7 million in the Bandon Watermain Sewer Network scheme in County Cork.

Construction will start in the second half of 2016.

The project is a merger of the previously named Bandon Sewerage Collection Scheme and the new Bandon Watermain Rehabilitation Project. By combining the two projects, Irish Water, working with Cork County Council, will reduce the impact of the works on the local community, deliver the works in a shorter timescale and make significant cost savings by maximising efficiencies.

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The investment by Irish Water will result in significant improvements to both the water and wastewater networks in Bandon. The proposed watermain works will improve water network performance and levels of customer service in terms of water quality, security of supply, improved operational pressure and reduced leakage as well as allowing for increased future capacity which will facilitate economic growth in the town. The proposed works on the sewer network will increase flow capacity in the system, reduce sewage discharges to the Bandon River and will assist in alleviating sewer flooding currently being experienced in the town.

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