Work is underway on a €2.4 million project to extend the Boyle Water Supply Scheme in Co Roscommon.

Source Civil Engineering will extend the scheme to Grangemore to help improve supply and water quality in the area.

Grangemore is currently served by the existing Cavetown Water Treatment Plant which is listed on the EPA's Remedial Action List for Trihalomethane exceedances. It has also been subject to a boil water notice in the past.

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This project will see the Cavetown Water Treatment Plant decommissioned, with customers in Grangemore receiving their water from the Boyle Water Supply.

Work involves the the construction of a pumping station at the Carrickmore reservoir, the laying of 4.7km of rising mains and inter-connecting water mains to extend the scheme.

Speaking at the sod turning event, Padraig Hanly, Irish Water, commented: "This is an important project for the people of Grangemore, it will lead to increased security of supply, and improve the quality of the water that comes out of peoples' taps."

(CM/JG)