Sewerage scheme badly damaged in flooding

A MULTI-MILLION euro sewerage scheme under construction in Dungarvan, Co Waterford took a major battering during the recent storms, a detailed report into the damage caused by the floods revealed yesterday.

Speaking at the county council meeting in Dungarvan, the county’s senior engineer John O’Flynn said up to 150 metres of the storm wall collapsed into the sea and all but 78 metres of the 590 metres of outfall piping was seriously dislodged and damaged and will have to be written off.

Mr O’Flynn said flooding of the council’s archive office resulted in extensive damage to many documents and must now be assessed to establish priorities for their restoration.