Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 June 2004
382 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the application for a new scheme at Castletown-Geoghegan, Mullingar, County Westmeath; if he will take steps to ensure that the maximum number of persons is facilitated by the installation of such scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19050/04]
View answerTenders have been invited from shortlisted contractors for the Castletown-Geoghegan sewerage scheme which is being advanced under a pilot programme being undertaken by the national rural water monitoring committee to test a range of new, small scale waste water collection and treatment systems. One objective of the pilot programme is to explore the potential for group sewerage schemes to extend domestic wastewater services to households outside the immediate catchments of the new collection systems. The collection systems are, accordingly, initially confined to the core areas of each of the locations involved. However, sufficient treatment capacity will be provided in each case to accommodate all households that may eventually be served by these schemes.
