NI Water Welcomes Minister to Moyola Water Treatment Works

06 August 2024 10:10

NI Water was delighted to be joined at Moyola Water Treatment Works (WTW) by Minister for Infrastructure John O’Dowd.

As part of his visit, the Minister was given a tour of the Works and NI Water staff explained the journey water from Lough Neagh takes from source to tap.

Staff from all areas of the business – scientists, environmentalists and water process supply technicians – were on hand to explain more about the behind-the-scenes workings that go into keeping Northern Ireland’s water clean and safe in an ever changing and challenging environment.

Moyola Water Treatment Works is one of NI Water’s many sites abstracting water from Lough Neagh to be treated as drinking water for customers across Northern Ireland.

NI Water Chair Jo Aston said: “NI Water’s number one priority is the quality and safety of our customer’s drinking water and the role it plays in the prosperity of Northern Ireland.

“Since the 1970’s, this treatments works has been supplied by raw water from Lough Neagh, where we process and supply 20 megalitres of clean drinking water per day to Magherafelt and the surrounding area. It is one of our many WTWs across Northern Ireland and is an example of the processes, testing and treatments across all our sites.

“It was a pleasure to welcome the Minister to meet our expert team today, the people who test and check our water on a daily basis. Today’s visit was an opportunity to explain more about how water is treated and safely tested here and across all of NI Water’s WTWs before it is supplied to customers taps at home and businesses.”

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