Irish Water has announced proposals for a pipeline to take water from the river Shannon to supply the midlands and east of the country.
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The preferred option would involve water being collected from Parteen Basin and treated at Birdhill, before being piped to Peamount in Dublin.
The water is to be supplied to 40 per cent of the country's population.
It's estimated that this region will require 330 million litres of water per day by 2050 – the equivalent of 125 Olympic swimming pools.
