Kenmare Wastewater Treatment Plant, Kenmare, Co Kerry

What’s proposed

UPGRADES TO AND INCREASED CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING MUNCIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) AND CROMWELL'S BRIDGE PUMPING STATION(PS) IN KENMARE COUNTY KERRY AND COMPRISES PRIMARILY THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS: UPGRADE OF THE EXISTING KENMARE WWTP: THE EXISTING INLET CHANNEL, CONTROL PANELS, OXIDATION DITCH, TWO SLUDGE HOLDING TANKS WILL BE DECOMMISIONED AND ALL REDUNDANT CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL (M&E) ASSETS WILL BE REMOVED. A NEW INLET WORKS, TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED PUMPING AND STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. A NEW MOTOR CONTROL CENTRE (MCC) KIOSK AND A NEW DOSING KIOSK WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED, ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS - UPGRADE OF THE EXISTING CROMWELL'S BRIDGE PS: THE EXISTING INLET WORKS, GRIT SEPARATOR, WET WELL,CONTROL BUILDING (INCLUDING DRY WELL) AND STORM TANK WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED AND ALL REDUNDANT CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL (M & E) ASSETS WILL BE REMOVED . A NEW WET WELL, AND ASSOCIATED SEWER, A NEW STORM TANK AND RETAINING WALL WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. AN ODOUR TREATMENT SYSTEM AND VENT STACK WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. A NEW MOTOR CONTROL ( MCC) KIOSK AND A NEW DOSING KIOSK WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED, ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED AND HIS INCLUDED WITH THE APPLICATION