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title: "Kerry Central Regional Water Supply Scheme"
description: "A €30 million upgrade of the Lough Guitane treatment plant and its network, supplying 51 million litres a day to over 62,000 people."
url: "https://www.petruf.ie/projects/industrial/kerry-central-water-supply"
---

# Kerry Central Regional Water Supply Scheme

> A €30 million upgrade of the Lough Guitane treatment plant and its network, supplying 51 million litres a day to over 62,000 people.

- Sector: [Industrial](https://www.petruf.ie/projects/industrial.md)
- Location: Co. Kerry
- Completed: 2017
- Client: Irish Water
- Customer: Shay Murtagh Precast
- Award: Engineers Ireland Project of the Year 2018

One of the largest water treatment plants in the country, rebuilt while it kept supplying the towns that depend on it.

Lough Guitane was upgraded with a cryptosporidium barrier and a more advanced treatment process, along with new raw water abstraction, filtration, disinfection and clear water storage. It now produces 51 million litres of treated drinking water a day for Tralee, Killarney, Castleisland, Castlemaine and the communities around them.

The scheme took the region off the Environmental Protection Agency's Remedial Action List, was delivered on programme and within budget, and was named Engineering Project of the Year at the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards in 2018. We supported it with the engineering on the precast elements.