The project has brought substantial benefits in the areas of health, the integrity of the environment and improved water quality for all. The significant investment by Uisce Éireann will also facilitate growth and development in the area while enhancing recreational waters for swimming, surfers, fishing, boating and sightseeing waters.
Speaking at an event to mark the completion of this €7m project in Liscannor, Esther White, Programme Manager with Uisce Éireann said: "We are very proud to have delivered this important infrastructure for the community in Liscannor. This project puts an end to the discharge of untreated wastewater into Liscannor Bay. It will also support social and economic development, while also protecting the integrity of our environment.
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"The completion of the Liscannor Wastewater Treatment Plant will also ensure compliance with wastewater discharge regulations as well as improving water quality. Furthermore, it will protect and enhance the local marine environment which Liscannor is famed for nationally and internationally."
Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, Cllr Joe Cooney, said: "This much needed investment by Uisce Éireann in new wastewater infrastructure in Liscannor is long awaited and very welcome. It is my hope that the delivery of important projects like this one will help revitalise the communities of West Clare and become a platform for social and economic development."
The project included the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant which will serve a population equivalent of 1,790, the development of a storm water storage tank as well as a new pump station with emergency storage, the construction of approximately 1.3km of sewer pipelines and the connection to the existing outfall pipe to safely discharge treated wastewater into Liscannor Bay.
