29/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - EIB backs 23 investment projects in Irish water sector. Last week, the European Investment Bank announced that it would provide €200 million in loans to support improvements in Ireland's Water Services Investment Programme (WSIP) by financing 23 projects in Dublin and 10 counties around the country to provide new water mains, water and wastewater treatment facilities and reservoirs, as well as measures to improve water conservation. (OL/transl.fl)