Severn Trent nets first Irish contract
16 Jun 2010
Limerick, Ireland – Severn Trent Response, a JV between Severn Trent Services and the Response Group, has won a Euro60m, 20-year operations and maintenance contract for the Limerick Main Drainage Project in southwest Ireland. Operational takeover of the assets started in May.
The contract from Limerick City Council includes operations and maintenance of the 130,000-PE (population equivalent) Limerick Wastewater Treatment Plant, construction of which was completed in 2004.
Severn Trent Response will operate and maintain the treatment plant, a thermal sludge dryer, 20km of mains sewers and 10 pumping stations.
The plant uses a secondary treatment processes to produce an effluent that conforms to the EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and the Shannon Estuary Water Quality Management Plan.
The contract is the first for Severn Trent Services in Ireland. The company has O&M responsibilities at nearly 2,000 sites in the UK, the US and Italy
