Global resource management company, Veolia, is now working in partnership with Irish Water to develop and operate a new 75 million litres per day water treatment plant at Vartry, Co Wicklow. Designed to meet the growing and future needs of the population of Dublin, the new plant will secure the existing supply and forms part of Irish Water’s EUR 200M investment plan in the Vartry Water Supply Scheme.
The Vartry Water Supply Scheme project will supply safe and sustainable drinking water to approximately 200,000 people in the Greater Dublin region. Under the contract Veolia will be responsible for the design, construction, commissioning and testing and interim operation of new water treatment buildings including treatment units, sludge management facilities, wash-water settlement tanks, a standby generator and reservoir upgrades. The works will take around 24 months to complete and will be followed by an interim operation and maintenance contract delivered by the local Veolia teams.
The new plant will provide a treatment capacity of 4,200m3 per hour for raw water, and the treated water output of 4,000m3 per hour will secure the existing supply and ensure compliance with the quality standards in the EU Drinking Water Directive and the national Drinking Water Regulations.
