€900,000 water treatment plant idle for two years

A NEW €900,000 purpose-built water treatment plant located in Clare is lying idle for over two years — after a rural group water scheme reverted back to its old system.

The new treatment plant for the Killone Group Water Scheme (KGWS), just south of Ennis, was shut down on April 28, 2009 due to the production of non-compliant treated water.

The closure reportedly followed the dramatic deterioration in the quality of the raw water source from nearby Killone Lake.