NI Water is currently undertaking critical sewer improvement work at St Nicholas' Primary School in Carrickfergus under the Living With Water programme.

This project includes building a substantial stormwater storage tank on the school premises to minimise storm overflow spills. Additionally, a screening system will be installed to reduce pollution by removing solid waste, such as wet wipes.

NI Water Senior Project Manager David McClean said: "We are pleased to be delivering this essential improvement scheme at Minorca Place, Carrickfergus. This project is part of a wider programme of works, that will deliver environmental improvements and has already seen a major upgrade to Lower Woodburn Wastewater Pumping Station (WwPS), as well as other local network upgrades such as work coming up on the Belfast Road, which will help reduce the risk of out-of-sewer flooding and improve the water quality in Belfast Lough.

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"We appreciate that work of this nature can be disruptive and would like to thank the school community for their continued patience and cooperation while we have been working in the school grounds, which has avoided disruption on busy nearby roads. Our project team, including contractor AG Wilson and Tetra Tech will strive to keep disruption to a minimum and aim to have work completed in the school grounds by the end of August."

NI Water is also due to commence work at the end of June to lay a new sewer on the Belfast Road, Carrickfergus. The installation of this new sewer – which will be carried out in three phases – forms part of a programme of measures that will create additional capacity in the sewer network to help support local development.