It’s not just in the UK that massive investment in water and wastewater services is planned over the next few years.

Uisce Éireann (formerly Irish Water) says that sustained high levels of funding will be required to address all priority issues and estimates it will require a minimum investment of €55-€60 billion up to 2050 to enable growth, improve compliance and increase the resilience of assets.

This is despite significant progress in improving compliance and addressing under-investment in Ireland’s water and wastewater infrastructure, investing €1.2 billion in 2023.

Credit: Vincent Guth