West Limerick GWS is a amalgamation of 4 schemes located in West Limerick that supplies clean potable water to rural areas of West Limerick namely Cappagh, Croagh, Granagh & Killeedy. Each water scheme in the group is tasked with the sourcing, treating, delivering and conservation of drinking water for their members.

West Limerick GWS was founded in 2017 with committee members from the 3 schemes meeting in 2016 with the view to amalgamate the 3 schemes and form 1 scheme. The Department of The Environment were totally in favour of the amalgamation.

Granagh GWS joined with West Limerick GWS in January 2020.

Commercially it made sense to amalgamate as geographically the schemes were located close to each other and financially it made sense. After a series of meetings West Limerick GWS was formed. Cappagh and Croagh are now linked together.

We deliver water to approximately 728 domestic houses and a further 110 agricultural and commercial premises. Click on the map to see if you are located within our mains service area.

Our aim is to produce and deliver a high quality drinking water to our customers.

West Limerick GWS sources its water from a series of boreholes in Cappagh, Croagh, Granagh and Killeedy. Cappagh has 2 boreholes, 1 locally known as the Priest’s Field which consists of 2 boreholes and the 2nd in Rosemount. Croagh has 1 borehole located off the N22 in the village, Granagh has 2 boreholes, 1 in Kilmore and the 2nd at the Old Creamery and Killeedy has 3 boreholes; the main bore is in Kantoher Farm the 2nd at Shanahan’s field and the 3rd located at the Reservoir.

The water is abstracted at these  locations and then pumped to the reservoirs in Cappagh, Granagh and Killeedy. Croagh does not have  a reservoir and the water is pumped directly to the customers.

The water is pumped through a UV system and Chlorine is added which meets the required World Health Organisation(WHO) Limits. Cappagh and Killeedy have capacity to store 450m3 approximately of potable drinking water. Granagh has 3 reservoirs with total capacity of 400m3

As each scheme is DBO operated the plants are run and maintained by Electrical & Pump Services (EPS). The water is pumped and treated at the Borehole locations. Chlorine is added and the water is pumped through a UV system in Cappagh, Croagh, Granagh & Killeedy. The water quality is constantly monitored by an independent company and reports are furnished to WLGWS every month.

Great care is given to protect the sources in each scheme and the Geological Survey of Ireland(GSI) have surveyed each source and produced reports and maps showing the area around each source to be protected from any agriculture spreading within that zone .

The management structure of WLGWS is combination of member’s from the 4 old schemes. All the experience and expertise of the old schemes is now the makeup of WLGWS. The business has changed a lot but the voluntary ethos is still very much to the fore. WLGWS at present is made up of Directors and Committee who make the decisions on policy and development which allows the scheme to continue to provide a quality product in a constant and dependable manner.

Scheme Chairman Tony Prendeville has many years experience of the GWS sector having served on the board of Cappagh GWS for nearly 40 years before taking up the position of Chairman  whilst also serving on the board of the National Federation of Group Water Schemes The scheme has 2 full time staff member’s. Scheme Manager Eddie Sheehan and Assistant Manager Jim Lane are responsible for the day to day running of the Scheme and maintaining the networks.

The Board Members are:

• Anthony Prenderville, Ballingrane. – Chairman.
• Eddie Mullane, Killeedy. – Vice Chairman.
• Tom Noonan, Granagh. – Secretary.
• Brian Ruttle, Ballingrane. – Assistant Secretary.
• John Hennessy, Killeedy. – Assistant Treasurer.
• Sean Liston, Croagh. – Treasurer.
• Michael Sheehan, Cappagh. Committee
• Tim Nelligan, Granagh, – Committee
• Frank Hayes, Cappagh, – Committee
• Catherine Inchmore, Killeedy. – Committee
• Michael O Regan, Granagh. – Committee.
• John Sheehy, Granagh. – Committee.
• Eddie Sheehan, Glin. – Manager.
• Jim Lane, Abbeyfeale, – Assistant Manager

Together, these committee members freely give of their time to attend monthly management meetings which decide on whatever the most recent issues are relating to the ongoing operation and prosperity of the scheme. West Limerick GWS are proud of the quality and continuity of the water they supply, and endeavour at all times to reply promptly to any queries members may have, however without the goodwill shown towards the scheme by its members this job would be a lot more difficult.

The committee of West Limerick GWS would like to thank its members for their continued help, be it by promptly paying their accounts or by the reporting of any leaks that they detect. Together we can look forward to a future where we both can continue to flourish.