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31/01/2025

Significant Progress Made In Returning Water Supply To Leitrim

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The majority of Uisce Éireann customers in County Leitrim have had their water supply restored following the widespread impact of Storm Éowyn last week.

As of yesterday, approximately 90 premises supplying 250 customers remain without supply. However, this is down from a peak of 5,000 customers who were without water across the county in the aftermath of the storm.

Efforts continue to restore water to a small number of customers in Leckaun and Fivemilebourne in North Leitrim and Corrawalleen, Coraleehan, Aughawillan and Kilavehy areas in South Leitrim.

As the network refills and supplies return in the coming days in these areas customers may experience intermittent disruption or low water pressure. 

Uisce Éireann have deployed and installed generators at almost all of the plants, pumping stations and reservoirs where it is feasible to do so across County Leitrim.

The company has provided a generator at Gradogue Pumping Station to supply customers in Carrigallen area and Newtowngore. Generators have also been installed on the South Leitrim Public Water Supply Scheme at Corgar and Mullinavanogue to improve supply for customers in Aughawillan, Coraleehan and surrounding areas, and to Kinkeen Pumping Station supplying Corawalleen.
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A generator has also been installed at the pumping station in Carrickfad supplying the Leckaun and Fivemilebourne areas in North Leitrim.  

Uisce Éireann is continuing to work closely with the ESB to prioritise the restoration of electricity supply to assets that remain without power.

For some local areas, where feasible, Uisce Éireann will work to tanker water directly to the reservoir or into the network to return to supply to customers.

Uisce Éireann's Kevin Love highlighted there is a continuing focus on working with the ESB to prioritise power restoration to treatment plants and pumping stations in impacted areas. 

"We are working in co-ordination with the National Emergency Co-ordination Group, the ESB and other agencies to ensure all available resources are being deployed to support the return of water supplies," said Kevin.

"We would like to thank all the agencies and contractors involved in helping us source and deploy generators; we now have these generators in place in nearly all locations where they can be deployed.

"Our priority now is to ensure the restoration of electricity to our plants and pumping stations that are running on generators or remain without power because connection to a generator is simply not possible.

"We would like to thank the ESB and their crews in particular for their ongoing support in prioritising these sites. We understand the impact that prolonged loss of water supply has on our customers on the extremities of the network and on elevated ground."

He added: "We are also providing additional supports for elderly and vulnerable customers, and we would encourage people to contact our customer care team at 1800 278 278 is additional support is needed."

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