Dublin Council to spend substantially on sewage

Dublin City Council is to spend E1.13 billion on sewage and water treatment schemes as well as its funding for the Ringsend sewerage plant.

A total of 27 schemes around the city are planned. These must be finished if drinking water standards are to be maintained, floods avoided and sewage safely processed.

The council’s engineering department will be finalised at the end of July. The council plans to undertake 14 clean-water projects, 12 sewage and waste-water schemes and a project for water and waste-water systems.
There are a number of different estimates for the costs of the larger projects. The leaks programme could cost as little as E50 million depending on the type of work needed.

Precautions are also being taken to prevent flooding. Between E60 to E100 million will be spent on measures to reduce the risk of coastal flooding while E120 million is set to be spent on flood protection works on the River Dodder from Ballsbridge to the coast.

Between E120 million and E140 million has been put aside for a drainage relief scheme for the city centre.
The council is spending E24.5 million on the Ringsend sewerage plant at the moment. The plant was built in 2003 for E300 million. The Council also plans to spend money on extending the plant.
Prior to the development the council wants to get rid of an odour problem affecting the Ringsend, Sandymount and Irishtown communities since the plant opened.