Body: ESB
Legal Role: Electricity (Supply) Act, 1927 S.19 (b)
Administrative Role: Control, manage, and maintain in good repair and condition and proper and efficient working order each and every part or section of the Shannon works.
Physical Works: Daily inspections of dams and checking of water level (upstream and downstream of dams) and rainfall gauges and instruments
Permits/Licences: N/A
Assets: Parteen Weir (Category A) and Ardnacrusha Dam (Category A)
Description: Parteen Weir and Ardnacrusha Dam. See attached map and GIS data.
Timing: Ongoing
External Constraints: N/A
Output KPI: Daily inspections of 2 No. dams and associated gauges are carried out
Expected Outcome: Maintenance of dam safety, prevention of inundation due to dam failure, regulation of water levels in Lough Derg and Parteen Basin in accordance with ESBs Regulations and Guidelines for the Control of the River Shannon, including diversion of water from the River Shannon through Ardnacrusha Headrace