Drinking Water Monitoring Results
The basic units for monitoring under the 2007 Regulations are water supply zones. The watermain network in Westmeath is divided into separate water supply zones for the purposes of the regulations. The water main network is divided into areas served by specific reservoirs, re-chlorination stations and group water supply schemes >10 m³ / day.
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Public Supply Schemes and Publicly Sourced Group Water Supply Schemes supplying > 10 m³ / day
The council operates eight water supply schemes in the county. These schemes serve all of the major towns and villages in the county as well as an extensive rural watermain network. The group water scheme sector has over the years greatly extended the rural watermain network by extensions to the existing public networks. Many of these schemes were subsequently taken in charge by the council while others remain under the operation of the individual group. The European Communities (Drinking Water) Regulations 2007 require the council to monitor the drinking water in all group water supply schemes supplying greater than 10 m³ / day, regardless of whether these schemes are publicly or privately sourced. A total of 27 publicly sourced water supply schemes are to be tested in 2009.
Three schemes are sourced from Lough Owel and form part of the Mullingar Regional Water Scheme. These schemes are the Mullingar High Level WSS, the Mullingar Low Level WSS and the Mullingar Town Independent WSS. In total these schemes supply water to approximately 36,198 people. There are 8 publicly sourced group water supply schemes associated with the Mullingar High Level WSS, 6 publicly sourced group water supply schemes associated with the Mullingar Low Level WSS and 3 publicly sourced group water supply schemes associated with the Mullingar Town Independent WSS.
The next largest scheme is the Athlone Water Supply Scheme sourced from the Shannon River. This scheme serves approximately 20,705 people including 5 publicly sourced group water supply schemes.
The Castlepollard Regional Water Supply Scheme is divided into two schemes, the Castlepollard High Level WSS and the Castlepollard Low Level WSS. A total of 7,420 people are supplied water by these schemes. The majority of the High Level Scheme consists of 3 publicly sourced group water supply schemes. 2 publicly sourced group water supply schemes remain on the Low Level Scheme also. Most of the rural network on the Low Level Scheme was formally the North Westmeath Group Water Supply Scheme. The council also operates small public water supply schemes at Moate and Ballinahown.
Waste Water Scheme
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