Killinure Water Treatment Plant, Portaneena, Athlone

What’s proposed

The proposed development comprises a raw water Intake Works and Water Treatment Plant (WTP) at Killinure Lough within the Portaneena townland, Athlone, Co Westmeath. The Intake Works will contain a building incorporating a pump room, control rooms, and ESB substation ( 7.0m high above a 6.35m deep sump) siteworks and landscaping at the Portaneena Amenity Area. The WTP will contain the following structures: 3 NR Inlet Contact Tanks: 5.0m (h); Main treatment building: 9.6m (h); Chemical storage tanks: 2 Nr @ 8m (h), 2 Nr @ 5.2 (h) and 4 Nr @4.5m (h); 5 Nr Filters: 5.5m (h), pipework gallery 7.5 m (h); Backwash tank 3.5m (h); used washwater tank 3.5m (h) Dewatering building:8.8m (h); 2 Nr Washwater clarifiers: 7.0 m (h) 2 Nr sludge Thickening Tanks: 5.5m (h) Sludge Balance Tank:5.5m (h)Chemical dosing building 7.46m (h), pump building 4.7m (h) ESB substation with MCC room: 3.237m (h) Admin/Control Building 6.3m (h). The development will also include access and site roadways, parking and hardstanding areas, landscaping, external lighting, security fencing, drainage and all associated ancillary works and other enabling works