At-capacity sewerage system means no new houses for Kanturk until 2028
Percival Street in Kanturk, Co Cork, has suffered from a high degree of dereliction in recent years. Picture: Dan Linehan
Cork county councillors have expressed shock that it appears no new houses can be constructed in Kanturk until 2028 because the town’s sewerage treatment plant is at capacity.
The issue came to light after Uisce Éireann (formerly Irish Water) wrote to a local developer who is trying to create six new ‘infill’ housing units on a particularly derelict street, but was informed that while there was no issue with him getting a water connection, the utility would be unable to connect him to the sewers.
