Healy Rae Plant Hire (HRPH) has been selected by Irish Water to lay new watermains in Ballydesmond, Co Cork.

Work is expected to start soon to improve the water supply network in the area.

In total, 9km of new watermains will be laid between Ballydesmond village and Ballinatona Public Water Supply at Dromskarragh Beg.

Site Investigation work will also get underway in the coming weeks with the substantial construction work due to start this summer.

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Negotiations are also ongoing to acquire a suitable site for a new reservoir to supply the villages. A new pumping station will be installed at Kiskeam, which will be configured to supply water to the villages in the interim, while the work to install the reservoir is being progressed.

Paul Cremin, Regional Capital Programmes Lead, commented: "We are delighted to be in a position to begin construction work on this essential project for Ballydesmond. People in the area have experienced regular supply outages due to the age and poor condition of the existing watermains network in the area. In addition to this, there have been long-standing issues with discolouration of the water due to the presence of manganese in the source that serves the village at present."

(CD/LM)