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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

"To ask the Manager to provide a detailed report on the works carried out to date to address problems of misconnections in the Lucan area with a view to eliminating the risk of outflow of 'dumping' from the foul system into the Griffeen River; and to further report on the funding available, under the ERBD programme or from elsewhere, to carry-out additional future works to address problems of misconnections and 'dumping', including in the vicinity of Arthur Griffith Park estate?"

REPLY:

Before the following estates, Larkfield, Mount Mellow, Moyglass and Rossberry,  were or are taken in charge the outfall pipe from each estate was sampled to check if there were any foul sewerage contaminants present from misconnections going into either a existing surface water sewerage pipe network or a river or stream. In a number of the fore mentioned estates contaminants were found in the outfall and the Builder /Developer had to effect repairs before the estates were taken in charge. A similar procedure will be carried before Square2, Adamstown and Phase1 of Handsted Estate are taken in charge shortly.

All the County and City Councils in the ERBD area are net contributors to the ERBD. All works carried out on misconnections which are the responibility of the Local Authority are funded out of the Maintenance Budget. However a lot of the misconnections are the responsibility of the householders and it is their responsibility to fund this work.