Sewage Treatment Plant Capacities in Kildare and Brannockstown Septic Tank

Wastewater treatment plant. AI image by ChatGPT.

This is Uisce Éireann's register of available capacity at waste water treatment plants (WWTPs), published in August 2025. It lists treatment plant capacity and "does not provide an indication of network capacity", i.e. the sewerage network involved in transferring sewage to the plants. Several treatment plants are in the red, including Timolin, Nurney and Rathangan WWTPs, meaning that "no spare capacity is available" at the moment.
"Brannockstown(Grangemore) WWTP" mentioned in the Uisce Éireann register is given a "green" rating indicating that "spare capacity is available." I'm not sure whether this is the same tank mentioned in this 82-page EPA licence-application document, which calls it the "Brannockstown Septic Tank" and says that "the tank was constructed in the 1970’s to serve approximately 18 properties in an adjacent Kildare County Council housing development." The tank appears to be located behind a fence in woodland at the back of the development.
Group sewage schemes or domestic wastewater treatment systems (DWTSs) are sometimes used in rural areas for groups of houses when mains sewer connections and a full-scale treatment plant are not feasible or economical. Meanwhile, on a related sewage matter, Cllr. Tracey O'Dwyer asked a question at a September 2025 meeting of the Kildare–Newbridge MD about whether the council can "confirm the total amount paid to waste companies for the removal of sewage from Moorhill Wood Estate, Brannockstown since the service commenced to date and confirm if this expenditure can be recouped from Uisce Éireann."