Concern over alarms sounding at Louth sewage plant – 'Irish Water ...
The ongoing “frustration” Louth councillors have been experiencing in dealing with Uisce Eireann came to a head again this week when it emerged that alarms had sounded at the Waste Water Treatment plant at Lower Point Road across two separate weekends.
Cllr Emma Coffey said local residents had alerted her to the fact that an alarm had been sounding at the facility and that they were very concerned about it, however, any attempts she made to investigate the reason for the alarm have so far been ignored by Uisce Eireann.
The Fianna Fáil representative described the water utility - formerly Irish Water – as operating like a “higher state” when it came to communicating with the public or elected officials.
“I even raised this at Leinster House and they too are working on obtaining a response from Irish Water,” Cllr Coffey said.
Fine Gael councillor, John Reilly, added that an alarm sounding at a waste water treatment plant would be a worrying development.
“I would suggest it may be a warning, or an indication, that the tanks are operating at, or close to, capacity and if they fail the waste will simply spill into the [Castletown River] estuary.”
Director of Services, Thomas McEvoy, said he could not comment on the particular issues raised by Cllr Coffey or Cllr Reilly, but he stated that Louth County Council had made a submission to Uisce Eireann in relation to waste water treatment capacity in Dundalk.
Uisce Eireann was contacted for comment.
