Five areas that will ‘definitely' see water disruption in HOURS amid ‘critical' 28-hr Dublin, Kildare & Wicklow repair
Uisce Eireann confirmed that a major pipeline that supplies 1.7 million people in the greater
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Uisce Eireann specialists will have 28 hours to repair five leaks and a damaged pipeline before reservoirs run dry
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Uisce Eireann has a released a map showing areas that may be affected by the repairs
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The repairs are set to take place on the Ballymore Eustace to Saggart Reservoir pipeline
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The pipeline, which is at risk of "a prolonged outage if not addressed", will be turned off for 28 hours from 11pm tonight.
Almost 1,000 people will be impacted directly by the maintenance.
Water bosses warned that households in Kill, Arthurstown, Rathmore, Athgoe and Tipperkevin will "definitely" see an interruption to their water supply over the bank holiday weekend.
Uisce Eireann said: "While Uisce Eireann has prepared for these critical works by ensuring all treated water reservoirs in the GDA are as full as possible, there is still a risk customers in Dublin, Wicklow and parts of Kildare may possibly experience interruptions to their water supply including low pressure, discoloured water, or water outages.
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|Just under a thousand customers in Kill, Arthurstown, Rathmore, Athgoe and Tipperkevin will definitely see an interruption to supply over the weekend and alternative water supplies will be provided.
"We are making a major appeal to customers in Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow to conserve water to help maintain everyone's water supply during these essential repair works."
If the major repairs go to plan, the vast majority won't notice any difference to their water supply.
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After this, water storage levels become too low and could result in widespread supply disruption.
Attridge said: "Therefore, the specialist repair crews have a very tight deadline to finish the repairs and refill the pipeline with water.
"We are asking for the public's help to minimise the impact of this operation; for this weekend, we are asking everyone to act together and only use water for essential needs.
HOW DO I PREPARE FOR DISRUPTIONS?
BEFORE and during the planned disruption to supply, Uisce Eireann has told people to follow five key steps.
Those in the affected area should:
Ensure you have enough drinking water.
Before the planned disruption, fill a jug of water and store it in your fridge.
Turn off all pre-programmed water-using appliances such as dishwashers and washing machines. This is particularly important overnight on Saturday August 2 and Sunday August 3 as your dishwasher or washing machine may empty your tank.
Make sure all taps in your property are turned off: This is important as it can avoid airlocks or flooding when the water returns.
Use the water sparingly.
"Please hold off on filling baths, car washing, power hosing, window washing, filling paddling pools and anything that is not vital.
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"Reducing your water use will help maintain or extend water supply during the repairs, for yourself and, importantly, for vulnerable and high-risk users, including hospitals and care homes."
In preparation,
Specialist teams will be tasked with repairing five leaks and replacing a damaged section of pipeline.
'THINGS CAN GO WRONG'
With only 28 hours to complete the work before reservoirs run out, they will need to work fast to ensure the pipeline is back by Sunday morning.
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Uisce Eireann's Leak Reduction Programme Manager Declan Healy spoke with
He said: "It is a very complex job, and we have an hour-by-hour programme where we have planned out all the works.
"We have even done dry-runs just to work out all the timings. But with all complex civil engineering projects like this one, things on site can change, and things can go wrong.
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Residents have been urged to "hold off on filling baths, car washing, power hosing, window washing, filling paddling pools and anything that is not vital"
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