AQO 5422/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 16/01/2014
Answered On Date: 28/01/2014
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Regional Development what further investment is planned for the Carrickfergus Waste Water Treatment Works.

Answer:

I have been advised by Northern Ireland Water (NIW) that a project is currently underway at Carrickfergus Wastewater Treatment Works which will deliver approximately £900k investment in base maintenance in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 financial years. For the subsequent planning period covering 2015 to 2021, NIW has identified a further £2,400k of base maintenance work.

Base maintenance is capital investment and represents like for like replacement of assets rather than increasing works capacity or improving the works to meet changes to environmental standards. Carrickfergus Wastewater Treatment Works is performing satisfactorily and upgrades to increase capacity or improve compliance performance are not currently envisaged.

The base maintenance investment is in addition to the routine planned maintenance which is undertaken by NIW staff directly.