Glan Agua has been awarded a contract to build new water treatment plants in Goldrum, Co Donegal.

Irish Water is to invest €19 million in improving the quality of water supplied to over 40,000 people served by the Letterkenny and Creeslough Water Supply Schemes.

Construction is expected to start this summer and last for approximately 20 months.

The project also includes the replacement of 4.5km of raw water main from Lough Keel to the new plant at Goldrum, upgraded pumping stations at Lough Keel and Lough Greenan, the construction of 1.5km of trunk water main and 1.1km of distribution main from Goldrum WTP. Once completed the works will lead to the decomissioning of the old Letterkenny and Creeslough water treatment plants.

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Pipeline interconnectors with the Pollan (Illies), Cranford and Milford water supply schemes, which form part of the overall plan for the regions water supply, are continuing through the design and planning stages. In addition, pipeline connections to Rathmullen and Church Hill are currently at construction which will allow for the decommissioning of those two water treatment plants, while there are also plans to replace large sections of the trunk and distribution mains along the N56 between Goldrum and Mountain Top.

(CD)