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Northern Ireland Water is investing a further £1 million in its wastewater treatment works to fix problems caused by non-flushable items.
The company, which has invested £2.5 million over the past year at the site, is spending the money to replace machinery with work expected to be complete by March 2020.
The company said some of the work had involved upgrading sludge tanks and maintenance of wastewater tanks that were clogged with non-flushable items.
Project manager Eimear Gourley said: “The work to clear these was both long and labour intensive and so we would appeal to our customers in the area help us look after this new treatment works by following this simple advice, only flush the 3P’s, pee, poo and paper; everything else needs to go in the bin.”
The works are part of the company’s wider NI Water Base Maintenance programme of work throughout Northern Ireland.
Eimear said: “Continued investment in the water and wastewater services throughout Northern Ireland is essential to improve the infrastructure and to help us to ensure the protection of public health and the environment; support the growing economy and enable us to meet increasingly challenging European standards.”
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