Water services Investment Programme

Local Authorities are required to prepare “Assessments of Needs” for water services capital works in their areas at regular intervals.  These assessments provide the basis for scheme approval and scheduling under the Water Services Investment Programme.  The last “Assessment of Needs” took place in 2003.  Whereas normally they are updated at 5 year intervals, because of the scale and pattern of demographic and economic development in recent years, Sanitary Authorities were requested to carry out new assessments in 2006.