Burst water main in Duleek

A burst water mains is impacting on the supply to Duleek and the surrounding area.

Crews have been dispatched to the site and it is expected that the repairs will be completed later today.

To facilitate the safe delivery of the repair works, Irish Water says customers in Duleek, Ratoath, Ashbourne, Rathfeigh, and surrounding areas may experience temporary low pressure and/or water outages during the works.

Crews will make every effort to minimise the disruption to impacted customers and will work to complete these repair works as quickly and as safely as possible. It typically takes two to three hours following restoration time for the network to refill and normal water supply to fully return.

Vulnerable customers who have registered with Irish Water receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours.

Speaking about the repair works, Michael Cunniffe, Regional Asset Operations Lead at Irish Water said, “Irish Water understands that essential repair works can be inconvenient and working in partnership with our colleagues Meath County Council, we will make every effort to minimise the disruption that these necessary works may cause.”

Michael added: “Customers may experience some temporary discolouration of water following the works and occasionally issues such as internal airlocks may arise. For advice on clearing discoloration and airlocks, visit www.water.ie/water-supply/supply-issues/following-an-outage.”

Irish Water and Meath County Council regret any inconvenience caused.

The Irish Water customer care helpline is open 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on Twitter @IWCare with any queries. For updates, please visit the Water Supply Updates section of the Irish Water website.