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Water supply restored to areas affected by outage in Drogheda

31 March 2023

Uisce Éireann is working in partnership with Louth County Council to deliver critical sewer network upgrades in Greenhills, Drogheda.  

As part of the sewer critical network upgrades in Greenhills, Drogheda, there was a planned interruption to the watermain supply in the area, including Greenhills, Baltray and Termonfeckin and surrounding areas on Wednesday, 29 March. Due to the complexity of work, there was a prolonged outage which effected homes and businesses in the area.

Water supply has returned to all customers this morning.

Padraig Hanly, Programme Manager at Uisce Éireann said, “We regret the inconvenience caused to customers and would like to assure them that restoring normal water services was a top priority for us. We would like to thank the people of Drogheda for their patience and reassure them we worked as quickly as possible to restore the water supply.”

Due to the complex nature and flow of the network, there was a prolonged outage. There was a further need to interrupt the water supply for longer than previously anticipated.” 

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

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 Supply and Service Updates section.  

These works are being delivered as part of Uisce Éireann’s Growth and Development Programme and are due to be completed by the end of the year. This project is being delivered by GMC Utilities Group Ltd on behalf of Uisce Éireann.

Uisce Éireann is responsible for the delivery of all public water and wastewater services in Ireland. We are committed to continuously upgrading and developing critical infrastructure to support the growth needed in housing and across our economy, while protecting the environment and safeguarding water supplies.