International consultants have been engaged by Dublin City Council to help eliminate the problem of foul odours coming from Dublin's €300 million Wastewater Treatment Plant at Ringsend.
RTÉ News has learned they will commence work next month. The council believes they will have the necessary expertise to help eliminate the long-running problem.
The Plant has significantly improved water quality in Dublin Bay through its unique system of turning the capital's sewage into water, fertiliser and electricity.
Although the problem with smells has taken the shine off what was billed as the world's most advanced facility.
Only this week, complaints were made about the plant on three separate days.
However RTÉ News has now established that the council officials have commissioned a team of consultants from the firm Camp-Dresser-McKee to make an evaluation of the problem and issue recommendations.
The consultants will commence work on 9 May and prepare a report within days which will have both short-term and longer-term solutions.
A council spokesman said that he believed the consultants, from their reputation and previous work with the council, had the satisfactory capacity to help eliminate the problem of smells.
News that Dublin City Council has undertaken a major initiative to deal with the problem of foul odours at this plant will be welcomed by both residents and councillors.
RTÉ News revealed earlier this week that council officials have decided to seek planning to extend the plant by 30% even though it only opened two years ago.
