Kerry CRWTP Opening | Lough Guitane | Irish Water

We marked the official opening of the Kerry Regional Water Treatment Plant on the 5th of November. The project included the construction of a new Water Treatment Plant at Lough Guitane and associated upgrade works on existing infrastructure. The new plant is located adjacent to Lough Guitane and the Finnow River, part of Killarney National Park. Construction commenced on site in April 2016 and took approximately two years to complete. The new plant, which provides 51 million litres of water a day, has a hydroelectric power turbine for the intake of water, state-of-the-art water filtration, disinfection, chlorination and fluoridation capability. It also includes capacity to store 15 million litres of treated water (the equivalent of six Olympic sized swimming pools). For more on this project and the opening visit: https://www.water.ie/news/new-kerry-c... Check out projects to build better water services at water.ie/ourprojects Follow @IrishWater on Twitter (  / irishwater  ) for news and updates from Uisce Éireann. Follow us on Facebook at   / irishwater   Follow @IWCare on Twitter (  / iwcare  ) for customer care queries and water service updates. Follow us on LinkedIn (  / iris..  ) for company news, updates and careers. About Us We are Uisce Éireann. As Ireland’s national regulated water utility, every day we are responsible for the delivery of secure, safe, and sustainable water services for the people of Ireland. Our job is to deliver the highest quality drinking water to your taps every day and ensure that wastewater is properly treated and safely returned to the environment. Our Purpose To rise to the challenge of delivering transformative water services that enable communities to thrive. Our Vision A sustainable Ireland where water is respected and protected, for the planet and all the lives it supports.