Uisce Eireann is to work with its counterpart in the North, NI Water, to deliver a €32 million programme of work to enhance water quality in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Donegal and Sligo.
The cross-border project known as WEST (Water Enhancements through Sustainable Treatment) is supported by the PEACEPLUS Programme. Through WEST, Uisce Éireann and NI Water will work collaboratively to identify where investment should be made to address water quality issues, regardless of origin.
At the heart of the project will be four capital wastewater treatment upgrades within Ireland in Ballybay and Blacklion and, in Northern Ireland in Belleek and Garrison on the Donegal /Leitrim border. to provide improved treatment for at least 5,000 people, with treatment capacity for an additional 1,000. It will see Uisce Éireann and NI Water working in partnership to improve water quality in Lough Erne, Lough Melvin, and Donegal Bay.
