Overnight restriction required in Ratoath, Kilbride and Ashbourne to help supply return to remaining impacted areas

Following completion of emergency repairs on the Staleen to Windmill Hill trunk watermain at the weekend, work has continued to help reservoir levels recover and the network recharge. 

For some customers in North Ashbourne, on higher ground or at the end of the network, it is taking longer for supply to return fully. 

Michael Cunniffe, Uisce Éireann, commented: “Recovery is still ongoing but for a small number of customers on higher ground and businesses in the Ashbourne Industrial Estate return of normal supply is slow.”

“We are appealing to customers to help conserve water as much as possible so it can reach those on higher ground and at the peripheries of the network”

“We would like to thank the community of Ashbourne for their continued patience as water returns slowly to network. We will continue providing alternative water supplies in Ashbourne.”

Following this type of work, occasionally issues such as cloudy water (air bubbles), discolouration or internal airlocks may arise. For advice on how to resolve these issues, please visit our after an outage page. 

The Uisce Éireann customer care helpline is also open 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on Twitter @IWCare with any queries. Uisce Éireann regrets any inconvenience caused by this disruption.

To further support those customers waiting for a return of supply, Uisce Éireann has arranged alternative water supplies in key locations in Ashbourne, to be in place again this evening and tomorrow morning.  

Alternative water supply locations 

Ashbourne – Tudor Grove (Green Area), Ashbourne Community Centre, Race Hill and St. Johns Wood Drive beside Shop “Spurga”.

Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tankers and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure as per HSE advice. 

Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours. As per best practice, most homes and businesses will have on-site water storage to provide a backup source of water for sanitation purposes.

The following areas may be impacted by reduced water pressure and/or water outages until water fully returns to the network: 

North Ashbourne, Ashbourne Industrial Estate and surrounding areas in Co. Meath.

Uisce Éireann understands the inconvenience when an unplanned outage occurs and thanks customers for their patience while we work to restore normal supply to impacted customers. The Uisce Éireann 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 our Water Supply Updates section.

A further update will be provided later today. 

Outage Ref. MEA00063316

Following completion of emergency repairs on the Staleen to Windmill Hill trunk watermain at the weekend, work has continued to help reservoir levels recover and the network recharge. 

Most areas will have seen a steady return of water yesterday and today. For some customers in North Ashbourne, on higher ground or at the end of the network, it is taking longer for supply to return fully.

From 21:30 this evening a conservation restriction will be in place to help reservoir levels recover so homes and businesses in the North Ashbourne area and those on higher ground and at the end of the network, can see a return of supply.

Households and businesses in Ratoath, Kilbride and Ashbourne may experience lower than normal pressure while the conservation measure is in place.

Michael Cunniffe, Uisce Éireann, commented: “Recovery is still ongoing but for those in North Ashbourne and those on higher ground and at the end of the network, return of supply is slow.”

“A conservation measure to restrict flow is required from 21:30 this evening until 05:30 tomorrow morning.  We are appealing to customers to help conserve water as much as possible so it can reach those on higher ground and at the peripheries of the network.”

Following this type of work, occasionally issues such as cloudy water (air bubbles), discolouration or internal airlocks may arise. For advice on how to resolve these issues, please visit our after an outage page.

The Uisce Éireann customer care helpline is also open 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on Twitter @IWCare with any queries. Uisce Éireann regrets any inconvenience caused by this disruption.

To further support those customers waiting for a return of supply, Uisce Éireann has arranged alternative water supplies in key locations in Ashbourne, to be in place again this evening and tomorrow morning. 

Alternative water supply locations 

Ashbourne – Tudor Grove (Green Area), Ashbourne Community Centre, Race Hill and St. Johns Wood Drive beside Shop “Spurga”.

Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tankers and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure as per HSE advice. 

Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours. As per best practice, most homes and businesses will have on-site water storage to provide a backup source of water for sanitation purposes.

The following areas may be impacted by reduced water pressure and/or water outages until water fully returns to the network: 

Ashbourne Town and surrounding areas in Co. Meath.

Uisce Éireann understands the inconvenience when an unplanned outage occurs and thanks customers for their patience while we work to restore normal supply to impacted customers. The Uisce Éireann 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 our Water Supply Updates section.

A further update will be provided tomorrow.

Outage Ref. MEA00063316

Following completion of emergency repairs on the Staleen to Windmill Hill trunk watermain at the weekend, work has continued to help reservoir levels recover and the network recharge. 

Most areas will have seen a steady return of water yesterday. For some customers in Ashbourne, on higher ground or at the end of the network, it may take longer for supply to return fully.  

Michael Cunniffe, Uisce Éireann, commented: “Recovery is still ongoing for those on higher ground and at the end of the network, but the majority of customers will have seen a return of supply.”

“To help the network refill fully we are appealing to customers to help conserve water as much as possible so it can reach those on higher ground and at the peripheries of the network”

Following this type of work, occasionally issues such as cloudy water (air bubbles), discolouration or internal airlocks may arise. For advice on how to resolve these issues, please visit our Supply Issues Following an Outage page. The Uisce Éireann customer care helpline is also open 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on Twitter @IWCare with any queries. Uisce Éireann regrets any inconvenience caused by this disruption.

To further support those customers waiting for a return of supply, Uisce Éireann has arranged alternative water supplies in key locations in Ashbourne, to be in place again this morning.

Alternative water supply locations 

Ashbourne – Tudor Grove (Green Area), Ashbourne Community Centre, Race Hill and St. Johns Wood Drive beside Shop “Spurga”.

Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tankers and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure as per HSE advice. 

Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours. As per best practice, most homes and businesses will have on-site water storage to provide a backup source of water for sanitation purposes.

The following areas may be impacted by reduced water pressure and/or water outages until water fully returns to the network: 

Ashbourne Town and surrounding areas in Co. Meath.

Uisce Éireann understands the inconvenience when an unplanned outage occurs and thanks customers for their patience while we work to restore normal supply to impacted customers. The Uisce Éireann 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 Uisce Éireann website.

A further update will be provided later today.

Outage Ref. MEA00063316

Network recovery is still ongoing and most areas will have seen a slow return of water

Following completion yesterday of emergency repairs on the Staleen to Windmill Hill trunk watermain work has continued overnight and today to recharge the network. 

Levels at Windmill Hill reservoir recovered well overnight. Network recovery is still ongoing and most areas will have seen a slow return of water throughout today. For some customers on higher ground or at the end of the network it may take longer for supply to return.

Michael Cunniffe, Uisce Éireann, commented: “Recovery is slow and will continue overnight. We will monitor the network throughout the night and will provide a further update tomorrow morning.”

“I would like to thank the communities of Ratoath and Ashbourne for their continued patience as water returns slowly to network and we will continue to provide alternative water supplies.”

“To help the network to refill we are appealing to customers to help conserve water as it starts to return.”

To further support customers, Uisce Éireann has arranged alternative water supplies in key locations to be in place tomorrow morning.

Alternative water supply locations 

Ratoath – The Avenue, Ratoath and Donnelly’s Builders Providers carpark and Fox Lodge.

Ashbourne – Tudor Grove (Green Area), Ashbourne Community Centre, Race Hill and St. Johns Wood Drive beside Shop “Spurga”.

Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tankers 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), discolouration or internal airlocks may arise. For advice on how to resolve these issues, please visit our after an outage. The Uisce Éireann customer care helpline is also open 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on Twitter @IWCare with any queries. Uisce Éireann regrets any inconvenience caused by this disruption.

Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours. As per best practice, most homes and businesses will have on-site water storage to provide a backup source of water for sanitation purposes.

The following areas may be impacted by reduced water pressure and/or water outages until water returns to the network: 

Ashbourne Town and surrounding areas in Co. Meath.

Uisce Éireann understands the inconvenience when an unplanned outage occurs and thanks customers for their patience while we work to restore normal supply to impacted customers. The Uisce Éireann 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 our Water Supply Updates section .

Outage Ref. MEA00063316

Following completion yesterday of emergency repairs on the Staleen to Windmill Hill trunk watermain work has continued overnight and today to recharge the network. 

Levels at Windmill Hill reservoir recovered well overnight. Network recovery however, is still at an early stage, most areas will start seeing a slow return of water throughout today. It’s hoped that by this evening the majority will have water back. For some customers on higher ground or at the end of the network it may take longer for supply to return.

Michael Cunniffe, Uisce Éireann, commented: “I would thank the specialist water services crews in Meath County Council for their tireless efforts to fix the burst as quickly as possible.”  

“Recovery will be slow today and into tonight, especially for those out higher ground and at the end of the network.  We will continue to monitor the network and will provide a further update later today.”

“I would like to thank the communities of Ratoath and Ashbourne for their continued patience as water returns slowly to network and we will continue to provide alternative water supplies.”

“To help the network to refill as quickly as possible we are appealing to customers to help conserve water as it starts to return.”

To further support customers, Uisce Éireann has arranged alternative water supplies in key locations to be in place this morning from 10 am.

Alternative water supply locations 

Ratoath – The Avenue, Ratoath and Donnelly’s Builders Providers carpark and Fox Lodge.

Ashbourne – Tudor Grove (Green Area), Ashbourne Community Centre, Race Hill and St. Johns Wood Drive beside Shop “Spurga”.

Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tankers 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), discolouration or internal airlocks may arise. For advice on how to resolve these issues, please visit our after an outage page. The Uisce Éireann customer care helpline is also open 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on Twitter @IWCare with any queries. Uisce Éireann regrets any inconvenience caused by this disruption.

Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours. As per best practice, most homes and businesses will have on-site water storage to provide a backup source of water for sanitation purposes.

The following areas may be impacted by reduced water pressure and/or water outages until water returns to the network: 

Ashbourne Town, New Town, Cabinhill, Ballybin, Raystown, Crakenstown, Ratoath, Cheeverstown, Fleenstown Little, Priest Town, Belgree, Harlockstown, Mullinam, Folistown, Ballymacarney, Loughlinstown, Blackwater, Sutherland, Warrenstown, Piercetown, Ballybin, Lagore Little, Kilrue, Gormanstown, Grange, Fidorfe, Ratoath Manor, Glascarn, Ballyhack, Paddock, Peacockstown, Tankardstown, Jamestown, Brownstown, Legagunnia, Commons, Killester, Crickstown, Doghtog, Ennistown, Fleenstown Great, Twentypark, Muckerstown, Balfestown, Baltrasna, Painestown, Colvinstown, Macetown, Rathfeigh, Cookstown, Skreen, Slanestown, Obertstown, Proudstown, Edoxtown, Kilmoon, Collierstown and surrounding areas in Co. Meath.

Uisce Éireann understands the inconvenience when an unplanned outage occurs and thanks customers for their patience while we work to restore normal supply to impacted customers. The Uisce Éireann 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 our Water Supply Updates section.

Outage Ref. MEA00063316

Uisce Éireann and Meath County Council have completed emergency repairs on the Staleen to Windmill Hill trunk watermain.

Following reports of outages yesterday morning, Meath County Council water services crews were immediately dispatched to find and fix the burst, and every effort was made to reduce the impact on homes and businesses and restore water supply as quickly as possible.

Repairs were complex due to the pipe being over 4 meters deep and two sections needing to be replaced, however, to minimise disruption as much as possible crews worked from early yesterday and throughout the night and all day today to progress repairs.

While repairs are, now complete the prolonged outage has resulted in the reservoir at Windmill Hill running dry. It will take this evening and overnight for the reservoir to recover and for water to then recharge the network. 

The outage has affected a large area, and water will return slowly over Sunday, for those on higher ground or at the end of the network it may take longer for supply to return.

The following areas may be impacted by reduced water pressure and/or water outages until water returns to the network:

Ashbourne Town,  New Town, Cabinhill, Ballybin, Raystown, Crakenstown, Ratoath, Cheeverstown, Fleenstown Little, Priest Town, Belgree, Harlockstown, Mullinam, Folistown, Ballymacarney, Loughlinstown, Blackwater, Sutherland, Warrenstown, Piercetown, Ballybin, Lagore Little, Kilrue, Gormanstown, Grange, Fidorfe, Ratoath Manor, Glascarn, Ballyhack, Paddock, Peacockstown, Tankardstown, Jamestown, Brownstown, Legagunnia, Commons, Killester, Crickstown, Doghtog, Ennistown, Fleenstown Great, Twentypark, Muckerstown, Balfestown, Baltrasna, Painestown, Colvinstown, Macetown, Rathfeigh, Cookstown, Skreen, Slanestown, Obertstown, Proudstown, Edoxtown, Kilmoon, Collierstown and surrounding areas in Co. Meath.

Alternative water supply locations 

To further support customers, Uisce Éireann has arranged alternative water supplies in key locations to be in place until 9 pm this evening and again tomorrow morning. An additional location in St. Johns Wood, Ashbourne has been included as an alternative water supply.

Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tankers and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure as per HSE advice.

Locations:  

Ratoath – The Avenue, Ratoath and Donnelly’s Builders Providers carpark and Fox Lodge.

Ashbourne – Tudor Grove (Green Area), Ashbourne Community Centre, Race Hill and St. Johns Wood drive beside Shop “Spurga”.

Michael Cunniffe, Uisce Éireann, commented: “We would like to thank the affected communities for their patience as water returns slowly to the network. Further updates on the network recharge will be issued tomorrow morning when we can be confident of timings and the reservoir has been able to refill.”

“To help the network to refill as quickly as possible we are appealing to customers to help conserve water as it starts to return.”

Following this type of work, occasionally issues such as cloudy water (air bubbles), discolouration or internal airlocks may arise. For advice on how to resolve these issues, please visit our after an outage page. The Uisce Éireann customer care helpline is also open 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on Twitter @IWCare with any queries. Uisce Éireann regrets any inconvenience caused by this disruption.

Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours. 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 understands the inconvenience when an unplanned outage occurs and thanks customers for their patience while we work to restore normal supply to impacted customers. The Uisce Éireann 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 Uisce Éireann  website.

Outage Ref. MEA00063316

Uisce Eireann has identified a burst on the Staleen to Windmill Hill trunk watermain and is working with Meath County Council to restore water as quickly as possible to impacted customers. Whilst every effort is being made to maintain supply to as many customers as possible, the burst is impacting the water supply to customers in the area served by the East Meath Water Supply Scheme, this is to due depleted water levels at Windmill Hill Reservoir. 

Dedicated water services crews are onsite and have worked throughout the night. Every effort is being made to reduce the impact on homes and businesses and restore normal water supply as quickly as possible. Crews have reconfigured parts of the network to maintain customers’ supplies where possible.

While repairs are underway, customers in the following areas may be impacted by reduced water pressure and/or water outages until works are completed:

Ashbourne Town, New Town, Cabinhill, Ballybin, Raystown, Crakenstown, Ratoath, Cheeverstown, Fleenstown Little, Priest Town, Belgree, Harlockstown, Mullinam, Folistown, Ballymacarney, Loughlinstown, Blackwater, Sutherland, Warrenstown, Piercetown, Ballybin, Lagore Little, Kilrue, Gormanstown, Grange, Fidorfe, Ratoath Manor, Glascarn, Ballyhack, Paddock, Peacockstown, Tankardstown, Jamestown, Brownstown, Legagunnia, Commons, Killester, Crickstown, Doghtog, Ennistown, Fleenstown Great, Twentypark, Muckerstown, Balfestown, Baltrasna, Painestown, Colvinstown, Macetown, Rathfeigh, Cookstown, Skreen, Slanestown, Obertstown, Proudstown, Edoxtown, Kilmoon, Collierstown and surrounding areas in Co. Meath.

Repairs are ongoing and expected to be completed later this morning. We can’t yet confirm a time for full return of service to all customers as reserves will first need to be built up at Windmill Hill Reservoir prior to recharging the distribution networks.

Following repairs, it may take several hours for normal water supply to return to all customers due to the size of the network, especially for those on higher ground or at the end of the network. Further updates will be provided as works progress on site.

Alternative water supply locations 

To further support customers, Uisce Éireann has arranged alternative water supplies in key locations to be in place from 8am this morning. Supplies will be maintained throughout the day. Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tankers and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure as per HSE advice.

Locations:  

Ratoath – The Avenue, Ratoath and Donnelly’s Builders Providers carpark and Fox Lodge.

Ashbourne – Tudor Grove (Green Area), Ashbourne Community Centre and Race Hill. 

Michael Cunniffe, Uisce Éireann, commented: “We would like to assure customers in affected areas that ever effort is being made to conduct repairs as quickly and as efficiently as possible and restore water for all customers.  We understand the inconvenience an unplanned outage can have and we appreciate your patience as our crews work to return normal water supply as quickly as possible.”

Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours. 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 understands the inconvenience when an unplanned outage occurs and thanks customers for their patience while we work to restore normal supply to impacted customers. The Uisce Éireann 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 Uisce Éireann  website.

Outage Ref. MEA00063316

Uisce Eireann has identified a burst on the Staleen to Windmill Hill trunk watermain and is working with Meath County Council to restore water as quickly as possible to impacted customers. Whilst every effort is being made to maintain supply to as many customers as possible, the burst is impacting the water supply to customers in the area served by the East Meath Water Supply Scheme, this is to due depleted water levels at Windmill Hill Reservoir. 

Dedicated water services crews are onsite working on repairs and every effort is being made to reduce the impact on homes and businesses and restore normal water supply as quickly as possible. Crews are also reconfiguring the network to maintain customers’ supplies where possible.

While repairs are underway, customers in the following areas may be impacted by reduced water pressure and/or water outages until works are completed: Ashbourne Town,  New Town, Cabinhill, Ballybin, Raystown, Crakenstown, Ratoath, Cheeverstown, Fleenstown Little, Priest Town, Belgree, Harlockstown, Mullinam, Folistown, Ballymacarney, Loughlinstown, Blackwater, Sutherland, Warrenstown, Piercetown, Ballybin, Lagore Little, Kilrue, Gormanstown, Grange, Fidorfe, Ratoath Manor, Glascarn, Ballyhack, Paddock, Peacockstown, Tankardstown, Jamestown, Brownstown, Legagunnia, Commons, Killester, Crickstown, Doghtog, Ennistown, Fleenstown Great, Twentypark, Muckerstown, Balfestown, Baltrasna, Painestown, Colvinstown, Macetown, Rathfeigh, Cookstown, Skreen, Slanestown, Obertstown, Proudstown, Edoxtown, Kilmoon, Collierstown and surrounding areas in Co. Meath.

Repairs are ongoing and expected to be completed late tonight. We can’t yet confirm a time for full return of service to all customers as reserves will first need to be built up at Windmill Hill Reservoir prior to recharging the distribution networks.

Following repairs, it may take several hours for normal water supply to return to all customers due to the size of the network, especially for those on higher ground or at the end of the network. A further update will be provided tomorrow morning. 

Bottled water supply locations 

Uisce Éireann has arranged bottled water stations to be in place from 5.00pm to 9.00 pm this evening at the following locations:  

• Ratoath –  The Avenue, Ratoath and Donnelly’s Builders Providers carpark.
• Ashbourne –  Tudor Grove (Green Area) and Ashbourne Community Centre.   

These locations will be in place again on Saturday morning.

Michael Cunniffe, Uisce Éireann, commented: “The repairs are being conducted as quickly and as efficiently as possible to minimise disruption to homes and businesses and restore water for all customers. We understand the inconvenience an unplanned outage can have and we appreciate your patience as we work to return normal water supply as quickly as possible.

Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours. 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 understands the inconvenience when an unplanned outage occurs and thanks customers for their patience while we work to restore normal supply to impacted customers. The Uisce Éireann 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 Uisce Éireann website.

Outage Ref. MEA00063316

Uisce Eireann has identified a burst on the Staleen to Windmill Hill trunk watermain and is working with Meath County Council to restore water as quickly as possible to impacted customers. Whilst every effort is being made to maintain supply to as many customers as possible, the burst is impacting the water supply to customers in and the area served by the East Meath Water Supply Scheme, This is due depleted water levels at Windmill Hill Reservoir. 

The burst is causing outages and low pressure for customers in the following areas: Ratoath, Kilbride, Fairyhouse Road, Skyrne, Painstown, Macetown and surrounding areas may be impacted by lower than normal water pressure and in some instances, particularly on higher ground, may experience intermittent water outages.

Dedicated water service crews have mobilised to undertake repairs as efficiently and as quickly as possible. Typically, it takes two to three hours following repairs for normal supply to restore to all customers affected by an unplanned outage. To ensure the safety of the public and crews carrying out the repairs to the burst, traffic management will be in place. Local and emergency access will be maintained. 

Uisce Éireann is appealing to all customers to conserve water to protect current levels in the reservoir.

Speaking about the burst Michael Cunniffe, Uisce Éireann , said: “The repairs in the Rathoath area are being conducted as quickly as possible to minimise disruption to the community and restore water for all customers." 

“We understand the inconvenience unplanned outages can have on customers and we appreciate their patience as we work to repair the burst and return normal water supply.”

Michael added “We are appealing to all customers in the surrounding area to continue to conserve water to protect levels at Windmill Hill Reservoir. While handwashing remains a priority, simple water conservation efforts can have a big impact on reducing demand on the supply. Turning off the tap while brushing your teeth and shaving can save up to 6 litres of water per minute. Taking a shower instead of a bath or using a watering can rather than a hose when gardening can also make a big difference in water use.”

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

Our customer care team is available to help 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on Twitter @IWCare with any queries. For further updates please visit the Supply and Service Updates section of the Uisce Éireann website.

For more tips on how to conserve water in your home please visit the Conservation page of our website.