Irish Water’s upgrade of treatment plant for 12,000 people went €1.4m over budget
Monaghan plant had been flagged up by EPA for producing drinking water with excessive levels of potentially cancer-causing chemicals
Irish Water’s upgrade of a water treatment plant serving 12,000 people went over budget by €1.4 million, it has emerged.
The Kilkit Water Treatment Plant in Monaghan had been flagged up by the Environmental Protection Agency for producing drinking water with excessive levels of potentially cancer-causing chemicals known as trihalomethanes (THMs).
The original budget agreed in 2016 was €4.5 million, but due to a series of problems, it ended up costing €5.9 million.
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