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Uisce Éireann opens second consultation on Lahinch wastewater plant
Uisce Éireann launched its second public consultation on a proposed wastewater treatment plant for Lahinch and Ennistymon in County Clare, which would replace two existing plants dating from 1971 and 1937 that are overloaded and no longer meet environmental standards. A public information event is set for 19 November at the Falls Hotel in Ennistymon.
Our readUisce Éireann is replacing two ageing, overloaded plants with one facility, the kind of unglamorous consolidation it needs to keep working through to meet EU wastewater rules.
Read the announcement at Uisce Éireann →

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