Funding for a new €5.6m wastewater treatment plant in Kinsale, Co Cork has been approved.

The contract for the construction and operation of the new plant was awarded to the EPS - Bowen Consortium, two locally based contractors, Electrical Pump Services (EPS) of Quartertown, Mallow and Bowen Construction of Eastgate, Little Island.

Funding for the works will be provided by the Department of the Environment under the Water Services Investment Programme.

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The contract involves the construction of a new waste water treatment plant at Cappagh, in Kinsale to serve a population of 10,000.

Construction works are expected to last a year, with operation of the treatment plant contracted to EPS-Bowen for an initial 20 years.

This contract is the final element of the Kinsale Main Drainage Scheme which has seen the construction of a new pipework collection system within Kinsale Town over the last 18 months. Cork County Council appointed Malachy Walsh & Partners, in association with Jacobs Engineering, as Consulting Engineers for the Kinsale Main Drainage Scheme.

(PR/BMcC)