Annual Report 2011.pdf (size 6 MB) - Offaly County Council

achieved in early 2010.
A lot of resources have been deployed in resolving billing
issues with Non-Domestic Customers, which has again
resulted in reduced consumption for those customers.
Wastewater
Under S.I. 684 of 2007- Waste Water Discharge
(Authorisation) Regulations 2007, Offaly Co. Council
have applied for authorisation by licence (14) or
certificate (15) as appropriate, for all (29) discharges
from Public Wastewater Schemes in the County.
Licences were granted for Birr in 2009 and for Tullamore
and Edenderry in 2010. All 15 certificates were granted
in 2011, but we still await the remaining 11 licences.
The monitoring, process improvements and capital works
required to ensure Compliance with each licence will
require further financial and human resources.
Compliance for some of the smaller discharges will now
be more difficult because planned upgrades of these
schemes were removed from the WSIP and capital
funding generally is greatly reduced.
Health & Safety
The 2005 Health & Safety Act and 2006 Construction
Regulations have placed further requirements and in
particular responsibilities, on the Local Authority with
regard to Health & Safety in the workplace.
Implementation of rigorous Health & Safety procedures
to all aspects of work and providing adequate and
regular training is adding to the cost of providing
services and constructing works.
Water Services Capital Schemes
The Capital Schemes Programme consists of new or
substantial upgrades to existing Water Supply and
Wastewater schemes in the County. Schemes are
generally funded through the following programmes:
(i) Water Services Investment Programme
(WSIP)
(ii) Rural Water Small Schemes Programme
(SS)
(iii) Special Development Contribution Schemes
(SDC).
(iv) Serviced Land Initiative
(SLI)
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