Slurry tankers are being used to remove sewage from a newly-opened Dublin housing estate because it has not been connected to the sewerage network, reports the news talk. Wastewater is being pumped from the homes to a holding tank which is emptied by a slurry tanker several times a week.
Irish Water has said it will be next year before more than 100 homes at the White Pines estate in Rathfarnham are connected to the network.
Meanwhile the renters here say that they didn’t have prior knowledge about this temporary system. Some say that it should be maintained well to stay out of troubles. Some others also share concerns about the law and regulations.
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said the situation is “unsatisfactory.”
“My understanding is that there is a network solution coming early in the next year,” he said.
“It is unsatisfactory that there is that gap between the opening of the housing estate and that solution being put in place and that should be a lesson I think for every other development to make sure we do avoid that happening again.”
Irish Water said it is in the process of upping capacity in the Rathfarnham area – with works due to be completed in the first half of next year when the estate will be connected to the main sewer network.