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 and seepage measurements for Category A embankments
Permits/Licences: N/A
Assets: Fort Henry (3.1km), Ardclooney (1.2km), Ardnacrusha Headrace Left (11.6km) and Ardnacrusha Headrace Right (11.6km) Embankments (Category A)
Description: Fort Henry and Ardclooney embankments upstream of Parteen Weir. Ardnacrusha embankments on headrace canal. See attached map and GIS data.
Timing: Ongoing
External Constraints: N/A
Output KPI: Daily inspections of approximately 27.5km of embankments and seepage measurements carried out and daily seepage measurements entered into Dam Monitor database
Expected Outcome: Maintenance of embankment safety, prevention of inundation due to embankment breaches, 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