Crews working to restore water to customers in Ballinamore and Drumshanbo
Alternative Water Supplies to remain in place.
Information below is relevant until further updates are provided here or on our Supply and Service Updates section
Uisce Éireann crews are continuing to work to restore water supply to customers in parts of Ballinamore and Drumshanbo.
While normal supply has returned to most customers across South Leitrim, some customers in Aughawillan, Coraleehan, and parts of Drumshanbo may be experiencing low pressure or outages today.
Uisce Éireann is continuing to work to restore normal operations at water treatment plants in County Leitrim which were impacted by production capacity issues following Storm Darragh. Local reservoirs are depleted and are currently refilling.
Uisce Éireann’s Kevin Love assured customers that Uisce Éireann is working to return the water supply to normal levels as quickly as possible.
“In the meantime, customers are urged to conserve water where possible in order to protect supply while the outages are resolved.”
Alternative water supplies remain in place at the following locations:
- Drumshambo Mart
- Fenagh National School
- Mohill (opposite the Fire Station);
- St. Brigid's Church, Drumcong;
- The Square, Ballinamore (Opposite Garda Station)
Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from tankers and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure. The supplies will remain in place until supply has returned to all customers and will be rotated as water is restored and moved to areas taking longer for water to return. This will continue to be updated on the Supply & Services update page on our website. Reference No. LEI00086275.
Uisce Éireann also have 30,000 litre tankers filling reservoirs on the South Leitrim Scheme to return normal supply to customers as quickly as possible.
For simple ways to conserve water, check out the Uisce Éireann conservation calculator which can help people work out how much water they are currently using and how they can conserve even more.
Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours.
Uisce Éireann’s customer care team is available to help 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on X @IWCare with any queries.
Uisce Éireann has also launched a free text service, providing real-time updates for local issues. Customers can sign up with their Eircode and mobile number at the Water Service Updates page.
Previous Updates
Information below is relevant until further updates are provided here or on our Supply and Service Updates section
Water supply is returning to customers supplied by Carrick-on-Shannon Water Treatment Plant.
Uisce Éireann working with the ESB has restored power at the water treatment plant and a normal water supply will return to customers over the next number of hours.
In the meantime, an alternative water supply has been arranged and is in place at the following locations:
- Drumshambo Mart
- Fenagh National School
- In Mohill (opposite the Fire Station)
- Saint Bridget’s Church Drumcong
- The Square in Ballinamore (opposite the Garda Station)
Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from tankers and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure. Further locations will be made available and customers and we will advise on further locations on our Supply & Services update page on our website. Reference No. LEI00086275.
Uisce Éireann’s Kevin Love thanked customers for their support as crews worked to restore a normal supply.
“The issues have been resolved but customers can expect to be without a normal water supply for a number of hours tonight while the network recharges. We thank all our customers for their patience while we worked to return a supply to all following Storm Darragh.”
Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours.
Uisce Éireann’s customer care team is available to help 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on X @IWCare with any queries. For further updates, visit the service and supply section of our website (outage reference number: LEI00086275).
Uisce Éireann has also launched a free text service, providing real-time updates for local issues. Customers can sign up with their Eircode and mobile number on our Registration Page.
A second power outage at Carrick-on-Shannon Water Treatment Plant has hampered operations and caused disruptions to Uisce Éireann customers in South Leitrim.
Uisce Éireann is working with the ESB to restore power at the water treatment plant and return a normal water supply to customers as quickly as possible.
In the meantime, an alternative water supply is been arranged for tomorrow and locations will be posted on here in due course.
Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from tankers and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure.
Uisce Éireann’s Kevin Love assured customers that every effort is being to return a normal water supply to customers across Co Leitrim as quickly as possible.
“Power returned to the Carrick-on-Shannon Water Treatment Plant for a short time earlier today but there has been a second outage which has hampered operations at the plant. Our crews are working with the ESB to return a normal water supply to all our customers across Co Leitrim.”
Power outages have also affected operations at the Moneyduff Water Treatment Plant in North Leitrim. Customers served by this supply zone may also experience disruptions to their supplies as efforts continue to restore power supply to operate our plants, reservoirs and pump Stations.
Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours.
Uisce Éireann’s customer care team is available to help 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on X @IWCare with any queries. For further updates, visit our service and supply section (outage reference number: WIC00085950).
Uisce Éireann has also launched a free text service, providing real-time updates for local issues. Customers can sign up with their Eircode and mobile number on our Registration Page.
Uisce Éireann customers in South Leitrim may be experiencing disruption to their water supply today as a result of power outages at the Carrick-on-Shannon Water Treatment Plant in the wake of Storm Darragh.
Power outages have also affected operations at the Moneyduff Water Treatment Plant in North Leitrim. Customers served by this supply zone may also experience disruptions to their supplies today.
Uisce Éireann is working with the ESB to restore power and return water supplies to normal levels as quickly as possible. However due to the demand on ESB resources in the wake of Storm Darragh, outages may persist through today and into Sunday in some areas.
Customers are urged to conserve water where possible in order to protect supply while the outages are resolved.
Vulnerable customers who have registered with Uisce Éireann receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours.
Uisce Éireann’s customer care team is available to help 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on X @IWCare with any queries. For further updates, visit our service and supply section (outage reference number: WIC00085950).
Uisce Éireann has also launched a free text service, providing real-time updates for local issues. Customers can sign up with their Eircode and mobile number on our Registration Page.
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