Irish Water customers in Dublin are being advised of a significant disruption to supply due to works surrounding the construction of a major new pipeline.
Uisce Éireann, in partnership with Fingal County Council, is progressing a project to supply for over 350,000 customers across North County Dublin.
Customers are being advised of a significant outage on Sunday, February 26.
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The €28m investment involves the construction of a major new pipeline between Ballycoolin Reservoir and Swords, ensuring a more secure and reliable water supply to homes, businesses, hospitals and farms for generations to come.
As the concrete water pipeline is a critical piece of the supply network, it cannot be taken out of service to be upgraded.
To minimise disruption as much as possible to homes and businesses, the outage will commence on Sunday, February 26, from 1am until approximately 11am.
It is planned that supply will begin to return after this time.
However, due to the size of the pipes and network, it could take up to 10 hours for normal supply to return to all customers as water refills the network, especially for those on higher ground or at the end of the network.
The outage will impact customers in the following areas: Swords, Santry, Malahide, Portmarnock, Kinsealy, Ballyboughal, Lissenhall, Donabate, Portrane, Turvey, Loughshinny, Palmerstown (Fingal), Rush, Lusk, nearby M1 service stations and surrounding areas.
As per best practice, most homes and businesses will have on-site water storage to provide a backup source of water for sanitation purposes. Uisce Éireann advises customers to familiarise themselves with their storage capacity.
Irish Water will provide alternative water supply at the following locations until supplies have returned to normal: Tesco Shopping Centre in Rush; Rathmore Park Car Park in Lusk; Seaview Park Car Park in Portrane; Donabate/Portrane Community Centre Car Park; St. Finian's Catholic Church in Swords South; St. Colmcille's GAA Club in Swords North; Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart in Malahide; and Portmarnock Sports and Leisure Club.
Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tanker and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure as per HSE advice.
Following this type of work, occasionally issues such as cloudy water (air bubbles) or internal airlocks may arise.
For advice on how to resolve these issues, please visit the Issues during or after an outage section of Irish Water's website.
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