Uisce Éireann preparing to draft plan to address Cork's wastewater needs over next 50 years 

The €144m Cork Lower Harbour Main Drainage Scheme eliminated the discharge into the harbour of raw sewage from Passage-Monkstown. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Uisce Éireann is preparing a major plan setting out Cork Metropolitan's wastewater needs for the next half-century.

The utility launched an eight-week period of public consultation on Wednesday to help it draft the 50-year Cork Wastewater Strategy, the first of its kind.