AQW 14312/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of wastewater treatment stations that have been recorded as being over capacity in each of the last five years.
Asked by Andrew McMurray MLA on 2 September 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 2 September 2024
- Answer due by
- 17 September 2024
- Answered
- 17 September 202415 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The management of public wastewater infrastructure is an operational matter for NI Water. However, I have sought the requested information from NI Water and have been advised as follows:
The table below details the number of wastewater treatment works (WwTW), by size, that were recorded as being over capacity in each of the last five full calendar years . It also includes the number of wastewater treatment works that are over capacity in 2024, at 18 August 2024.
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (at 18/8/24) | |
| WwTW treating less than 250 population equivalent | 382 | 382 | 382 | 385 | 384 | 383 |
| WwTW treating greater than 250 population equivalent | 82 | 83 | 82 | 84 | 74 | 71 |
| Total | 464 | 465 | 464 | 469 | 458 | 454 |
For any future queries relating to operational matters, you should contact NI Water directly, through the Elected Representatives Hotline on 0345 300 6461 or through waterline@niwater.com
Making direct contact with NI Water will ensure that you receive the information in the shortest possible timeframe and make best use of limited public resources.