Oughterard water filtration works
Approved contract documents provide for filtration at Lough Buffy. Tenders may be sought once statutory requirements for the reservoir are met; the Minister understood notices had been published without objection.
asked the Minister for the Environment the proposals his Department have for the installation of filters at Lough Buffy which serves the Oughterard regional water scheme, County Galway
Comment on this
Contract documents for the Oughterard regional water supply scheme, stage 1, phase 2, which have been approved by my Department, provide for a rapid gravity filtration water treatment works at Lough Buffy. Galway County Council has been advised that tenders for the scheme may be sought subject to section 63 of the 1878 Act being complied with in relation to the proposed reservoir. I understand that the necessary notices have, in fact, been published and that there have been no objections. The further planning for the scheme is a matter for the local authority.
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