Two water supply schemes have been significantly upgraded in Co Kilkenny.

National utility Irish Water worked to improve the quality of water for the Inistioge and Thomastown schemes, benefitting over 4,000 customers.

Speaking about the works, Diane Carroll, Programme Manager with Irish Water, said: "This is a hugely positive project for Thomastown and Inistioge. For many years, the Inistioge Water Supply Scheme had been served by upland peaty surface water and the water treatment process at the plant was inadequate and led to the formation of elevated concentrations of Trihalomethanes (THMs).

"To address this, this project extended the Thomastown Water Supply Scheme to Inistioge through the construction of new water mains and removing the vulnerable water source in Inistioge. The treatment and storage facilities for both Thomastown and Inistioge were also improved as part of the project."

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Contractor Ward and Burke Construction Limited worked with Irish Water to upgrade and extend the Thomastown Water Supply Scheme by providing over 17 kilometres of new trunk and rising water main linking the Inistioge water supply with the Thomastown Water Supply Scheme.

James O'Toole, Operations Lead with Irish Water, added: "Residents in Inistioge may see a slight variance in their water as the supply coming from Thomastown would be harder water than what was previously supplied to Inistioge, however due to the works carried out, the supply is of the highest quality. In addition to the trunk and rising mains that were laid, a supplementary ground water supply was added at Thomastown with a new treated storage facility in the network at the existing Grennan Water Treatment Plant at Thomastown and at Kilmacshane in Inistioge. This was also augmented by a new upgraded treatment facility at Thomastown and a new booster pumping station at Kilcross and Woodstock in Inistioge."

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