€12.3m sewage plant upgrade a boon to East Cork

A €12.3m upgrade to an ageing sewage treatment plant will facilitate more housing and industrial development in and around East Cork’s pharma hub.

Picture credit: Irish Water regional operations manager Katherine Walshe holds water treated by the Carrigtwohill Wastewater Treatment Plant while Minister of State David Stanton holds water that was treated by the plant before it underwent its €12.3m upgrade. Picture: Provision

Irish Water made the claim yesterday, as residents’ representatives welcomed the official opening of the upgraded Carrigtwohill wastewater treatment plant.