Ciara Conway (Waterford, Labour)
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8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the seven villages sewerage scheme in County Waterford. [19457/14]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Waterford Grouped Towns and Villages Sewerage Scheme was included in the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013as a scheme to start construction during the life of the Programme. The Scheme provides for the construction of new or upgraded wastewater treatment and collection systems in Ardmore, Ballyduff/Kilmeaden, Cappoquin, Dunmore East, Kilmacthomas, Stradbally and Tallow. The scheme was advanced by Waterford County Council on the basis of separate contracts for the collection systems and a single Design Build and Operate (DBO) Contract for the Wastewater Treatment Plants in the towns and villages.

Insofar as the collection networks at the various locations are concerned, the upgrading works to the Ardmore, Ballyduff/Kilmeaden, Cappoquin, Kilmacthomas, Stradbally and Tallow sewerage collections systems were substantially completed under the Water Services Investment Programme. The upgrading of the Dunmore East Collection System Contact commenced in July 2013 and will be substantially completed by the end of 2014.

Waterford County Council’s Report on Tenders for the DBO Contract for the treatment plants in the seven villages was received in my Department on 25 November 2013. It was not possible for my Department to finalise its examination of the Council’s submission prior to the transfer of responsibility for the delivery of water services capital infrastructure to Irish Water on 1 January 2014. Irish Water is currently preparing its Capital Investment Plan for 2014 – 2016 and this will provide for the transition of projects which were included in my Department’s 2010 - 2013 Water Services Investment Programme.