16 MILLION FOR GALWAY'S WATER SUPPLIES

Date Published: 25-Feb-2008

The Minister for the Environment John Gormley has announced 16 and a half million euro in funding for water and sewerage schemes in the city, Barna and MountbellewGalway City Council has been given approval to plan for upgrading works costing over 3.6 million at Terryland Water Treatment Plant The work will mean that daily an extra 20 million cubic metres of water will be treated at the plant .Speaking this afternoon at the plant in Terryland Minister Gormley said this work is the start of major improvements to ensure the Cryptosporidium crisis doesn't recurMeanwhile, Minister Gormley has given the go ahead to Galway County Council to place a contract for the Barna Sewerage Scheme.The Council has also been given permission to draw up contract documents for the Mountbellow Sewerage Scheme.Work on the county schemes has a combined value of 13 million and it's hoped it will prevent pollution of local water sources.