To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how much of the recently announced £15 million being given to NI Water to upgrade sewers, waste water treatment work and pumping stations will be going to the Limavady area.

The recently announced additional £15 million funding was allocated to NI Water to accelerate specifically named and planned projects which had been deferred or delayed this year due to the mandatory cessation and change of many business activities during the ongoing Covid pandemic.

While this funding was not specifically intended to be used for wastewater treatment works in Limavady, I am advised that NI Water has planned a wastewater system upgrade for the Limavady area, to be taken forward during the next Regulatory Price Control period, PC21 (2021-27). As part of this undertaking, £63k will fund project preparation work during 2020/21. I should note however that certainty for this opportunity to improve the Limavady wastewater network, will depend on NI Water being fully funded for PC21.