Irish Water pledges wastewater clean-up within three years

The country’s wastewater treatment infrastructure will be fully in place and contaminated sites cleaned up within the next three years, according to Irish Water.

Seán Laffey, the head of asset management with the state utility, said it is committed to having all of the contaminated sites treated by the end of 2021.

This follows a finding by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the pace of improvements to Ireland’s wastewater treatment infrastructure is falling far short of requirements.