Irish Water has submitted an application to the Minister of the Environment, Community and Local Government, for a licence for marine site investigation works to progress the development of the Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP).

Minister Simon Coveney, TD has announced the establishment of the Expert Commission on the funding of domestic public water services in Ireland.

Irish Water last week briefed a number of business representative groups to update them on changes to the administration of their water bill that will shortly be implemented for business customers.

The European Commission has said Ireland cannot abolish water charges without breaching the EU’s water framework directive.

We all love a wet wipe - wipe the baby’s bum, get rid of the make-up and cleanse, slap on the fake tan - our bathrooms are full of them. But instead of ending up in the bin when they’re finished with - millions are being popped down the pan because of consumer confusion.

The DCU Water Institute - together with with 18 partners - is setting out to demonstrate the efficacy of High Rate Algae Pond technology as an eco-innovative solution for the treatment of waste water.

Irish Water will carry out site investigation work in the Tolka Valley beginning Monday, 27 June for a proposed project with an investment of over €30m which will help prevent uncontrolled overflows to the River Tolka and flooding in Mulhuddart.

Irish Water has commenced work on the €18.4 million Donegal Group B project which includes the development of new sewerage schemes in Killybegs, Bundoran, Glencolumbkille and Convoy.

NVP Energy (NVPE) was a winner at the recent Bank of Ireland Start Up Awards, which were held on May 26th.

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is investigating what it describes as a “major” fish kill on a tributary of the Clare river in north Galway.

Fresh water is abundant in some areas of our planet, and scarce in others. Of course we can transport fresh water by sea, but that's expensive. Can we make it affordable? In Spain, engineers from a European research project are getting ready to test their solution.