Work has been completed to improve and enhance Newpoint Wastewater Pumping Station in Newry.

NI Water invested £1.5million in the project which included installing new pumps, screens and other essential equipment to increase capacity and improve services for customers.

Most of the improvement work took place on the Newpoint Site, with the installation of new screens, pumps and controls. The pumps at the Newpoint station transfer flow directly to Newry Wastewater Treatment Works, which was also provided with new inlet screens as part of the work.

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Peter Ferguson, NI Water's Senior Project Manager, said: "The new upgraded Pumping Station is good news for customers in the local area, it will reduce the likelihood of out of sewer flooding and bring about environmental benefits in the area, such as improving water quality in the Newry River.

"NI Water and our project team including Dawson WAM and McAdam Design worked well together to deliver this project on schedule and welcomed the opportunity to work with other local companies in the supply chain, including Newry-based company Murphy Process Engineering who installed and commissioned the new plant."

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