Cathal Doherty, 28 Sep
THE INSTALLATION of water fountains in rural Limerick areas has made
drinking water “freely available” to citizens.
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Limerick City and County Council (LCCC) completed the installation of
new public drinking water fountains at Doon, Galbally and Kilfinane.
The fountains are funded by the Department of Rural and Community
Development under CLÁR. A fourth will come on stream in Feenagh Town
Park in the coming weeks.
Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Gerald Mitchell welcomed
the additions to Limerick’s public drinking water network.
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New graveyard with almost 3,000 plots planned for Limerick
“Drinking water fountains make drinking water freely available to
citizens. They increase the opportunity for Limerick citizens and
visitors to use a reusable bottle helping to prevent the use of
single-use plastic bottles. I am delighted that LCCC and the
communities in Galbally, Doon, Kilfinane and Feenagh have come together
to increase the provision of public drinking water infrastructure in
County Limerick with the support of CLÁR funding.”
The installation of contactless public drinking water fountains is in
line with the national and regional policy on waste prevention and the
United Nation’s Sustainability Development Goals, particularly Goal 12:
Responsible Production and Consumption.
These new Contactless Public Drinking Water Fountains add to the
existing network of fountains previously funded under the Local
Authority Prevention Network, Healthy Ireland programme and the
European Green Leaf Award Fund and by other organisations in Limerick.
Local Tidy Towns Group of Kilfinane, Doon, Galbally and Feenagh have
confirmed that the drinking water fountains and the savings of
single-use plastic bottles will be included in their Tidy Towns
applications for 2024 under the ‘Sustainability Doing More with Less’
category.