Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the augmentation of the domestic drinking water supply throughout Leinster with particular reference to storage, treatment and pumping facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4381/11]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012 , which is available in the Oireachtas library, sets out the plans for investment in major water services projects, including wastewater treatment schemes, in order to meet key environmental and economic objectives over that period. The transposition of the Water Framework Directive in 2003 strengthened the catchment based approach to water management with the establishment of eight River Basin Districts on the Island of Ireland to provide a more coordinated delivery of water services. Leinster is served via three separate River Basin Districts - Eastern, South Eastern and Shannon. Contracts under construction, due to commence and schemes in planning are presented in a river basin district format in the Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012. Details of contracts and schemes by water services authorities are also available on the Department's website (www.environ.ie ).