Veolia Water Ireland has started work on a €8.7 million scheme to upgrade Ballyboden Water Treatment Plant in Dublin.

The firm was selected by Uisce Éireann.

The scheme will ensure the delivery of a safe and reliable drinking water supply for over 42,000 customers across Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), providing improved water quality and ensuring compliance with EU drinking water quality regulations.

In 2018, a project which included the development of a new 16 million litre covered reservoir and associated upgrades to the treatment plant was completed which facilitated the removal of the Ballyboden drinking water supply from the EPA's Remedial Action List (RAL). As part of the project, and after almost 130 years serving communities across Dublin City, South County Dublin and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, the old, open water storage reservoir was decommissioned.

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The current project involves a programme of works to modernise and improve treatment processes at the plant, including upgrades to five filters and associated filtration as well as structural re-lining of a number of original concrete structures.

Following on from these significant upgrades, a further programme of upgrade works will continue at Ballyboden Water Treatment Plant over the coming years to further improve and enhance operations at the plant.

The scheme is expected to be completed by March of next year.