
Leixlip Water Treatment Plant supplies approximately 30% of the Greater Dublin Area’s water supply and is a critical piece of infrastructure serving residents and supporting economic growth across the city.
Murphy designed, constructed and commissioned an 80MLD expansion of the plant to meet growing demand and also completed extensive upgrade and integration works within the existing facility. The project increased overall production capacity at the plant to 255MLD.
Leixlip Water Treatment Plant is critical to meeting demand in the Greater Dublin Area including major industrial customer who are dependent on the quality and availability of the supply for the operations.
The key project challenge was to maintain operational performance and production levels throughout the project. The requirements to deliver a new raw water intake from the River Liffey to serve both the existing and new plants was particularly challenging in this regard.
Successful execution on this task was achieved through a combination of design innovation, careful planning and close collaboration between the Murphy project delivery team and Fingal County Council’s plant operations team.
The scope of works constructed and commissioned by Murphy on this project included: