€133m rural water quality investment unveiled

THE water supply to 45,000 rural households is to be upgraded with a record investment of €133 million, it was announced yesterday.

Environment Minister, Dick Roche, revealed plans to create 70 new water treatment plants to be completed by the end of the year, with a further 77 to be progressed through planning.

A total of €4m will also be ploughed into a pilot scheme to test vacuum sewers and septic tank effluent drainage systems in seven small Tipperary villages.