Irish Water is investing €50,000 to improve and upgrade the Ballinakill Wastewater Treatment Plant in Co. Laois.

The work will improve the level of treatment at the plant and enhance the discharge quality of treated water from the plant into the River Ballymaddock.

The project includes the installation of a new ferric dosing system for the removal of phosphorus from the wastewater. The removal of phosphorus during the wastewater treatment process will improve the water quality in the receiving waters as the discharge of treated water from the plant is improved.

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Peter Flood, Capital Programmes Lead in the East and Midlands Region, said: "Investment in the Ballinakill Wastewater Treatment plant will benefit the environment as the quality of the treated water discharged from the plant will be improved. The removal of phosphorus improves the quality of the water in the Ballymaddock River benefiting the environment for everyone who uses the river and the wildlife living and along it. Irish Water is investing our wastewater treatment plants to ensure they comply with EU Urban Wastewater Directives and to protect and benefit the environment."

(CD/LM)