- Kilkenny Regional Water Supply Scheme Upgrade
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Company Details
Contact Name
Elaine Shields
Address
1 Galway Business Park, Dangan, Galway
Categories/Group
Project Group
Sustainability - Natural Environment Category
Project Details
Name of the project
Kilkenny Regional Water Supply Scheme Upgrade
Location
Troyswood, Co Kilkenny
Client
Uisce Éireann
Project Description
The winning project in this category overcame complex challenges in providing infrastructure vital to a large community in a way that respected environmental constraints in the areas of ecology, hydrology, archaeology, and water quality, within a designated Special Areas of Conservation. In developing a new intake facility with transfer pipelines and water treatment from the environmentally sensitive River Nore, Kilkenny Regional Water Supply Scheme Upgrade designed by Ryan Hanley successfully met the community’s long-term water needs while prioritising environmental sensitivity. By replacing three unsustainable sources with a single, sustainable abstraction, the project removed a growth constraint in the Kilkenny City region while contributing to the protection of the fisheries habitat in the Nore and enhancing biodiversity.