€30m upgrade to Kerry’s main water supply begins

A major upgrading of Kerry’s main water supply scheme, the biggest contract undertaken by Irish Water this year, has started near Killarney, Co Kerry.

The treatment plant at Lough Guitane, a mountain lake near will provide 51m litres of treated water per day to residents in Tralee, Killarney, Castleisland, and Castlemaine, in addition to an extensive rural area across the county as well as the county’s tourist industry.

It is is part of a €30m Irish Water investment in the central Kerry scheme to supply more than 60,000 people, and the largest contract awarded by Irish Water this year, a ceremony to mark the construction was told.