• Advanced site works for the Old Whitechurch Road, which is planned to facilitate around 600 new homes on a major Council owned landbank, have been recently completed. This includes the provision of water, foul water and surface water drainage services. • The Carrigrenan Wastewater Treatment Plant serves the city suburbs, Little Island, Glanmire and Glounthaune areas. Upgrades to the treatment process to allow compliance with its Waste Licence and to cater for future population growth have been proposed There are separate treatment plants serving the urban towns of Ballincollig and Blarney/Tower, as well as a number of smaller treatment plants serving settlements in the city hinterland. • Drainage Area Plans (DAPs) are being prepared by Irish Water for the Cork City wastewater network (which includes the network in Glanmire, Glounthaune and Little Island, all of which drain to Carrigrenan wastewater treatment plant), and the Ballincollig wastewater network.
Plans and Projects
9.5 The following includes general details of water and wastewater plans and projects planned for Cork City over the coming years: • The Cork City Water Resource Zone (WRZ) includes the Cork City Water Supply System (WSS), Cork Harbour and City WSS and Glashaboy WSS. The Cork Harbour and City Water Supply System (Inniscarra Water Treatment Plant) supplies some of the eastern, western and southern suburbs of Cork City including the towns of Ballincollig, Blarney, and Tower, while the Glashaboy Water Supply System serves Glanmire. The preferred interim and long-term interventions required to ensure a sustainable water supply in Cork City will be identified through the National Water Resources Plan process (see above). • As part of the Cork City Water Networks Project: Phase 1 of the Eastern Strategic Link (ESL) trunk water main project was commissioned to enable connectivity across Cork City and County water networks providing security of water supply for the Central Island. Phase 2 is planned to complete the link from the east of the city through the City Centre and on to Shanakiel. A 5km Western Trunk Main linking the County Cork Harbour and City Trunk Main is planned near the N40 South Ring Road across to the Lee Road Water Treatment Plant which will ensure continuity of supply to the City. The recent completion of the interconnector from Glashaboy Reservoir to the City Centre will also ensure an adequate supply to serve the Docklands. • The Lee Road Water Treatment Plant serving the City WSS, produced an average 41.6 million litres of drinking water daily in 2019. Treated water is pumped to reservoirs at Churchfield, Hollyhill and Shanakiel from where it gravitates through the distribution network to various users across the city. Water quality reports for recent years indicate that, despite an ageing infrastructure, the standard of water produced is generally of a very high quality. A major upgrade to the site commenced late in 2019 and is intended to be completed in 2022.
280
Cork City Draft Development Plan 2022-2028
Volume 1 I Chapter 9
Powered by FlippingBook