Report on proposed Boherboy Water Supply Scheme

The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, recently granted approval to South Dublin County Council to invite tenders for the Boherboy Water Supply Scheme. The scheme includes a major upgrading and expansion of the water supply network and storage infrastructure in the areas of Saggart, Rathcoole, Newcastle, Brownsbarn, Citywest, the southern parts of Tallaght and areas of Ballycragh, Oldbawn, Knocklyon, Ballyboden and Ballycullen. The project is being funded under the Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005 - 2007, at an estimated cost of 33m.

The area which the new scheme will serve currently has no storage reservoirs and suffers from inadequate water pressure. This scheme provides for the construction of 41km of watermain, new reservoirs at Saggart and Kiltalown and a pumping station in Saggart.

This scheme will provide consumers with a reliable, modern water storage and supply infrastructure that will benefit not only the existing population, but will also facilitate new development in the previously mentioned areas.

South Dublin County Council intends to invite tenders for the construction of the project in June 2006. The project is likely to commence in early 2007 with an expected construction period of 18 months.