Vol. 442 No. 4
75 Mr. Creed asked the Minister for the Environment if he will give a break-down of moneys expended to date by his Department, Cork County Council and Macroom Urban District Council in connection with the original Macroom town water supply scheme; the property, if any, that was acquired to facilitate this proposed scheme; and if this property will be required in the revised proposals for Macroom water supply improved scheme.
76 Mr. Creed asked the Minister for the Environment the surplus capacity that will be available to Macroom town when the revised Macroom water supply improvement scheme is operational, taking into account the increased demands by a company (details supplied).
77 Mr. Creed asked the Minister for the Environment the way in which the revised proposal for the Macroom water supply improvement scheme differs from that which was originally submitted to his Department.
78 Mr. Creed asked the Minister for the Environment the amount of money expended to date by Macroom Urban District Council, Cork County Council and his Department in connection with the Macroom town water supply scheme as originally designed.
79 Mr. Creed asked the Minister for the Environment the contribution that was made to the Macroom water supply scheme by local industry.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 to 79 inclusive, together.
The original proposal for the Macroom water supply scheme involved the development of a new abstraction source and treatment facility, the laying of an extensive distribution system and the provision of storage reservoirs. The latest estimate of cost for this proposal was £4.9 million.
The revised proposal for the scheme provides for the enlargement and improvement of the existing abstraction and treatment facility, together with improvements to the distribution and storage systems. The estimated cost is £2.3 million, towards which a substantial contribution is to be made by a benefiting local industry; details of this contribution are being finalised between the local authority and the industry. The revised scheme will cater for increased industrial requirements and provide an additional 50,000 gallons per day to the town of Macroom.
My Department has paid £155,000 to Macroom UDC in respect of preliminary expenditure on the scheme, and this amount forms part of the cost estimates mentioned above. Other preliminary expenditures will be examined in the context of the further development of the revised scheme.
