Old Connaught-Woodbrook Water Supply Scheme

Uisce Éireann has completed works on the Old Connaught- Woodbrook Water Supply Scheme.

Uisce Éireann has now completed the upgrade of the drinking water infrastructure supplying the Old Connaught-Woodbrook Water Supply Scheme. 

This €28.5m project will provide network resilience, flexibility and capacity for future growth to the designated supply areas in Southeast Dublin (Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council) and parts of North County Wicklow. 

Ward and Burke Construction Limited delivered this project on behalf of Uisce Éireann. 
 

The following works were carried out as part of the project: 

• Constructing two new state of the art reservoirs – the Low Level Reservoir and the High Level Reservoir – with the capacity to store twelve million litres of treated water.
• Installing approximately 14km of new watermains to distribute water to local areas.
• Associated ancillary works.
   

The project will:

• Improve the security of drinking water supply in the area and benefit homes and businesses.
• Support social and economic growth and future housing development in the area.
• Serve approximately 12,000 existing customers and cater for projected growth for a further 46,000 customers.

Uisce Éireann is committed to delivering our infrastructure projects in a sustainable way and we are on a journey to becoming an energy efficient, low carbon and sustainable water utility. We are also committed to ensuring that we build and manage our infrastructure responsibly so that our ecosystems are protected, and where possible enhanced.

The Old Connaught-Woodbrook Water Supply Scheme upgrade has been delivered with sustainability and biodiversity at the heart of the project.

We have:

• Designed wildflower landscaping to help conserve, enhance and work with the natural environment planting multi species grass and trees.
• Purchased 3 acres of land to dispose safely of construction materials.
• Reduction of 3,125 truck movements during construction to export surplus materials to waste facility and reduce carbon emissions.

There was extensive stakeholder engagement throughout the construction of the project, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank the community for their patience and cooperation whilst we delivered this essential project.