Irish Water is to invest €3.6 million to replace water mains in Monaghan Town and Clones to improve water supply for 8,000 customers.

Working with Monaghan County Council, the water utility has carried out an assessment of the water mains in both towns to identify the parts of the water supply network most prone to bursts, with the greatest levels of leakage and where water quality issues are most common.

This has allowed Irish Water to target pipe replacement on the worst areas so that leakage rates and maintenance costs are reduced and reliability and quality of service to our customers is improved.


The project will replace 4.8km of the distribution network that is in poor condition at various locations in Monaghan Town. An additional 3.2km of the distribution network at Scotshouse Road in Clones will be included as part of the work.

The water main rehabilitation works planned for Monaghan will benefit customers by strengthening and reinforcing the networks in these areas by replacing old cast iron pipes with new heavy duty polyethylene pipes. The project will improve water supply reliability to close to 8,000 customers in Monaghan Town and Clones. Site investigation work will begin this autumn and construction work will begin at the end of 2016. Sections of water mains in the poorest condition will be replaced first and the project is expected to finish in early 2019.

(CD)