Wastewater Treatment Plant
Ringsend Wastewater Treatment
The Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Works which is part of the 400 million euro Dublin Bay Project, was completed in 2003. The benefits include cleaner water in Dublin Bay and in the city’s rivers as well as more land being available for housing and commercial development.
Further benefits include two of Dublin’s beaches, Dollymount and Seapoint, receiving Blue Flag status, conversion of waste sludge into agricultural fertiliser called Bio-Fert and the conversion of waste to energy to the value of approximately 3 million euro per annum. Read more about bathing water quality results.
Ringsend Odour Action Programme
Dublin City Council has an Odour Action Programme in place for the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Works. Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Works is operated and maintained by Celtic Anglian Water. In 2007 Dublin City Council completed its programme of short-term measures to deal with odour issues in Ringsend:
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New odour friendly sludge process equipment installed
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Inlet channels to primary settlement tanks enclosed
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5 new Odour Control Units (OCU’s) installed
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The covering of the primary treatment tanks and the installation of Odour Control Units for these tanks.
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The provision of new enlarged combustion chambers for the three sludge drying units
Considerable progress has been made with these works which will have a major impact on the odour situation. The works are currently being completed and have been commissioned on a phased basis since the start of this year. In the meantime operational measures are in place to minimise odour impact.
