Irish Water has lodged planning applications for eight innovative and environmentally friendly reed beds, representing a €900,000 investment across Carlow.
The company said the proposed reed beds will provide a sustainable solution for the long term treatment of wastewater sludge.
The reed bed acts as a natural filter for the sludge that comes out of wastewater treatment plants. This eliminates the need for the removal of the sludge off-site for separate processing.
Irish Water has now signed a contract with Glan Agua to design and construct the proposed sludge drying reed beds at eight wastewater treatment plants in Co. Carlow. The proposed locations are:
- Myshall
- Ballon
- Clonegal
- Raheendoran
- Fenagh
- Palatine
- Kildavin
- Rathoe
Irish Water said the cost-saving system will have numerous environmental, compliance, performance and financial benefits. Among those is the removal of tankers carrying sludge from the roads, habitat creation at the treatment plant, greater controls for the caretaker on site, greater compliance and reduction in overflow to rivers. The project will also address noise and odour issues that have been experienced by local residents.
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