Coolagown have scooped yet another community award, recipients this week of the Irish Water Value Award for the Village category at the SuperValu Tidy Towns regional awards ceremony. The ceremony for the South and Mid-West region took place in Ennis, Co Clare on Tuesday, November 1st.
In Coolagown, the local community designed and created a large scale rainwater harvesting project in collaboration with Cork County Council to collect and store rainwater from the roof of the village church.
The recycled water is then pumped through a 3km stretch of pipework to 15 taps, which are located throughout the village. The whole community can freely use the harvested rainwater for watering plants in gardens and general household uses that are recommended for harvested rainwater.
Meanwhile, Cobh Tidy Towns group took home the Irish Water Value Award for the Best Large Town. This year’s prize fund of €8,000 for the Value Water Award includes four regional winners for each category and a prize of €1,000 for Best Large Town and Best Small Town.
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