The emergency motion, tabled by Fianna Fáil, will see the Environment Minister and executives from Irish Water brought before the Council in the weeks ahead.
Councillors met for the first time since the four local authorities in Dublin were forced to restrict supply because of problems at the Ballymore Eustace treatment plant.
Fianna Fáil Leader on the Council Mary Fitzpatrick commented: "I'm very pleased Councillors from all parties as well as independents supported our motion. We need to deal with the water crisis affecting the city, not just the immediate problem but in the longer term.
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"We learned tonight from the City Engineer that it will be 10 years before an alternative water source to support Dublin is in place. The city needs a reliable and effective water supply but instead of prioritising this the Government is spending time and precious money on metering households.
"Businesses in Dublin, who already pay high water rates, have been losing money during this latest crisis and households are now expected to pay for water next year with no guarantees that the service disruption we've seen this week will not be repeated. The warning tonight from the City Engineer that the water supply for the capital will effectively exist on a knife-edge for the next decade is unacceptable."
(CD/JP)
