Irish Water to spend €5.5bn on capital expenditure by 2021

Irish Water plans to have spent €5.5bn on its capital expenditure between its foundation in 2014 and 2021, the utility has told an Oireachtas committee — but says the funding of the scheme is a matter for the Government.

Irish Water to spend €5.5bn on capital expenditure by 2021

A document submitted to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Supply states that by 2021, Irish Water aims to have spent €1.364bn on infrastructure and a further €1.25bn each on drinking water capacity and wastewater quality over the same period.

Furthermore, the utility said it will look to have made capital investments of €950m on drinking water quality and another €700m on wastewater capacity by 2021.

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