Over 1,600 Irish Water customers in the Grangemore area of Co Roscommon are set to benefit from an improved water supply.

The utility signed a deal with Source Civil Ltd to carry out the extension of the Boyle Water Supply Scheme to Grangemore.

Fine Gael representative, Senator Frank Feighan was in attendance at a special event to celebrate the completion of the project, where he also welcomed Irish Water's continued investment in Co Roscommon which has amounted to over €40 million in capital projects alone over the past few years.

This project involved the extension of the Boyle Water Supply Scheme, which is supplied by Rockingham Water Treatment Plant, and the decommissioning of the Cavetown Water Treatment Plant in Grangemore. As part of this project 4.7 kilometres of new water mains were constructed and a new pumping station at Carrickmore Reservoir was also built. 

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Speaking at the official opening event Senator Frank Feighan said: "I am honoured to be here today to officially open these important works which will greatly improve drinking water quality for the people of Grangemore. Irish Water has to be commended for the level of investment the utility has put into Roscommon since its inception and we look forward to this continuing for years to come."

Irish Water Diane Carroll added: "Since taking over responsibility for the public water and wastewater infrastructure in 2014, Irish Water has developed a cohesive plan to address many of the challenges facing us.

"This particular project that we are celebrating today represents an investment of €2.4m by Irish Water in Co Roscommon and is part of our commitment to improve water services throughout the country.

"Irish Water continues to invest in Roscommon where 10 boil water notices were lifted over the past few years. When Irish Water was established there were already four boil water notices in place affecting over 15,000 customers and over the coming few years Irish Water issued six more to protect a further 10,000 customers whose water was compromised for different reasons. Thankfully all 10 boil water notices have been lifted and Roscommon is a boil water notice–free zone."

(CM/JG)