Jons Civil Engineering has been appointed to develop a new wastewater collection network scheme in Rush, Dublin.

Irish Water is investing €9.7 million in the project which will improve the bathing water at South Beach Rush by stopping the discharge of untreated wastewater into the sea.

The project is expected to take start in November and take approximately two years to complete.

The contract includes the construction of the new infrastructure to collect and transfer wastewater from existing outfalls and overflows to the foreshore and onwards to the new wastewater treatment plant at Portrane. New pumping stations will also be built at South Shore, North Beach and East Shore, Rush.

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Michael Tinsley, Asset Programmes Manager at Irish Water said: "The new wastewater collection network scheme for Rush is a significant project for Irish Water.

"45 locations across the country where raw sewage was being discharge directly into a receiving water (inland waterway or coastal sea area) were identified in the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Urban Waste Water Report 2013. Irish Water is taking a national approach to the provision of water and wastewater services and projects such the new wastewater collection network scheme for Rush, Co. Dublin are being prioritised for investment. By investing in our network and treatment plants we are ensuring that Ireland will have the wastewater infrastructure to protect public health, the environment and benefit residents and tourists."

(CD/MH)