Up to €14 million is being invested by Irish Water to upgrade Bandon Wastewater Treatment Plant in Co Cork.

A contract has been signed with EPS to carry out the work, which will involve upgrades at the treatment plant and at the Glasslinn Road Pumping Station.

Features will include installing new equipment at the treatment plant, along with new pipelines, stormwater storage tank, odour treatment facilities, an electrical substation and other ancillary site works. In addition, new wastewater and stormwater pumping stations will be installed at Glasslinn Pumping Station, along with new pipelines, generator, control buildings and an electrical substation.

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Work is scheduled to get underway in the coming weeks and are expected to take around 20 months in total. Once finished, the project will help improve water quality in the Bandon River and alleviate flooding in low lying parts of the town.

Mark Murray, Irish Water's Infrastructure Programme Manager, said: "This project will ensure that there is adequate treatment capacity within the plant to meet the needs of the area and facilitate social and economic growth. Cleaner water will enhance the river's amenity value and act as a platform for social and economic development.

"It will also ensure that there is effective management of the wastewater treatment process to protect the environment and public health."

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