Essential overnight restrictions required in Bantry to help local reservoir recover

Information below is relevant until further updates are provided here or on our Supply and Service Updates section.

Overnight restrictions are necessary for Uisce Éireann customers supplied by Bantry Water Supply Scheme tonight to maintain a daytime supply for the community.

The restrictions will be in place from 10pm to 6am tonight to allow local reservoir levels to recharge. Uisce Éireann monitors the reservoir levels at Cahernacrin daily and will provide an update if further restrictions are needed. 

Customers in the following areas may experience outages or reduced pressure: Bantry, Cahernacrin, Snave, Ballylickey and surrounding areas to allow reservoir levels to increase. 
Uisce Éireann’s Niall O’Riordan thanked the local community for continuing to help conserve water during daytime hours. 

“We understand the inconvenience that restrictions cause but they are necessary if we are to ensure we have a daytime supply for all our customers. We continue to monitor the reservoir levels each day and we will provide an update if further restrictions are needed in the coming days. We thank customers for their patience."

“The majority of customers should have adequate storage in their attic tanks to provide for essential uses such as flushing toilets for the duration of this restriction. However, customers can help conserve water by not running taps needlessly, taking showers instead of baths and postponing using dishwashers and washing machines where possible."

“Customers can find useful water saving tips on our website www.water.ie/conserve. This also includes an easy-to-use conservation calculator so you can work out how much water you are currently saving and how to conserve even more.”

The Uisce Éireann customer care helpline is open 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on X @IWCare with any queries. For updates on local water supply issues, please visit the Water Supply Updates page.