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Project Name
  • Drainage Assessment for County Zoned Lands, Clonmel
Client
  • Clonmel Borough Council
Project Development

Clonmel Borough Council identifed various service requirements for potential infrastruture to be located on zoned lands to include foul and storm sewers. A detailed assessment of the Boulic and Frenchmans stream was also required in order to alliveate the flooding problems within the catchment.

Scope

The scope of works includes the preparation of a preliminary report for the above project. This included:

  • Update the existing InfoWorks CS foul model
  • Update the existing InfoWorks CS storm model including existing streams, culvert and other anciliaries.
  • Management of flow survey, topographical survey and photographical survey
  • Verification of the storm water model against flow survey  and historical flooding locations
  • Verification of the foul model against historical flooding
  • Optioneering

The report was prepared in two parts for the submission to Department of Environment and Office of Public Works (OPW).  

 

Recommendations
  • Hydraulic dificiencies were identified within the system
  • Proposal for new foul and storm sewers to service the zoned lands
  • Proposal for improvements to the existing foul and storm water sewers
  • Attenuation and diversion of flow offered as the  best options to avoid the flooding within the town
  • A new pumping station for foul sewage is proposed to drain the low lying areas of the zoned land.
Project Data
  • Laying of 890m of new 300mm dia foul sewers
  • Laying of 1900m of new 225mm dia foul sewers
  • Laying of 890m of new 375mm dia storm sewers
  • Laying of 1100m of new 450mm dia storm sewers
  • Upsizing of 700m of existing 225mm foul sewers to 300mm sewers
  • Upsizing of 135m of exisitng 225mm storm sewers to 300mm sewers
  • Construction of new pumping station (22l/s)
  • New rising main of 1500m
  • Construction of attenuation pond (22,000m3) including flow control devices
  • Provision of 1500mm new diveriosn culvert for 450m

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