Overnight restrictions necessary in County Meath following impact of Storm Bert

Uisce Éireann wishes to advise customers in County Meath that water production has been temporarily affected due to the severe impact of Storm Bert. Therefore, it will be necessary to implement water conservation measures overnight to allow local reservoirs to recover.

These restrictions may cause intermittent water outages, low pressure and/or discolouration in several areas of the county. Uisce Éireann is working to restore the water supply as quickly as possible to impacted customers.

The necessary restrictions will take place from 10pm on Monday, 25 November until 6am on Tuesday, 26 November.

Uisce Éireann is continuing to work to restore normal operations at both the Staleen and Trim Water Treatment Plants which have been impacted by production capacity issues due to poor raw water quality following Storm Bert. Local reservoirs are depleted and are currently refilling. 

The areas affected by the restrictions are Trim, Rathmolyon, Knightsbrook, Scurlockstown, Effernock, Carberstown, Clonbun, Blackfriary, Crowpark and surrounding areas.

Other areas affected are Ratoath village, Curraha road to Ratoath, all estates outside Ratoath towards Kilbride, Kilbride, Raystown, Belgree, Blackwater, Piercetown, Ballybin, Fleenstown, Sutherland, Warrenstown, Lagore, Grange, Jamestown, Brownstown, Cheverstown, Priest town and surrounding areas.
Uisce Eireann regrets any inconvenience caused and is continuing to work to restore normal operations. Our priority is the provision of clean safe drinking water to communities.

Michael Cunniffe, Operations Lead with Uisce Éireann said, “Some customers may be impacted by reduced water pressure and discolouration. We understand how disruptive unplanned outages are and we regret the inconvenience caused. Crews are continuing to work to restore normal water supply and subject to raw water turbidity reducing and the reservoirs refilling, we expect water supply should be restored by 6am tomorrow, Tuesday, 26 November.” 
Following return of supply, it typically takes two to three hours for normal supply to fully be restored to all areas as the water refills the network, especially for those on higher ground or at the end of the network. 

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 X @IWCare with any queries.
For updates, please see the Water Supply updates section.