UPDATE: Uisce Éireann confirms areas of Leitrim will take longer to restore water supply to

Parts of Carrick-on-Shannon could take longer to have its water supply restored, Uisce Éireann has confirmed. 

The news comes as thousands of homes across Leitrim including Mohill, Leitrim Village, Carrigallen, and the wider Carrick-on-Shannon area remain without electricity, some possibly until Sunday evening or Monday. 

Uisce Éireann says it is continuing its work to restore water services to customers following the impact of Storm Darragh on water and wastewater services.

Crews have been working across the country to restore water supplies impacted by the storm. Since Saturday, approximately 40,000 additional customers have had their water supply restored.

Many areas which lost water can expect to see their supply returning over the course of the day.

However, Uisce Éireann  says there are a number of locations where it will take longer to restore supply. These are generally areas where ongoing power outages have impacted on treatment plants and network pumping stations. Current estimates indicate that 35 of our 698 water treatment plants are currently affected due to storm-related issues.

They include Carrick-on-Shannon in Co Leitrim, the Manorcunningham and Letterkenny areas of Donegal, Longford town, Trim in Co Meath and parts of North Cork around Kanturk and Newmarket.

In some instances repairs have been complicated by bursts on the network, Uisce Éireann says, which may take longer to repair. Details of all outages can be found on the Supply Updates section of the www.water.ie.

Margaret Attridge, Head of Water Operations with Uisce Éireann, said: “ Our crews have been on the ground since yesterday trying to restore supply as soon as it was safe to do so. We have been carrying out repairs across the network and deploying generators and alternative water supplies as needed. We are also working closely with the ESB to return power to key water treatment plants and wastewater assets.

“We would like to thank the public for their support and patience. Where supplies have been restored it may take a number of hours for normal supply to return to all customers, particularly those on higher ground or at the ends of the network.  In these areas in particular, we would remind people to continue to conserve water where possible to allow reservoirs and networks to refill as quickly as possible”.

For live updates on impacted sites across the country we would ask customers to visit our Supply and Services page at https://www.water.ie/help/supply. To learn more about conserving water, visit www.water.ie/conserve

Customers can also check our social media channels for updates and to contact us via our 24/7 customer care centre at 1800 278 278. People can also sign up online to our free text alert system to get regular updates about their local supplies - see www.water.ie.”

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