Nightime water restrictions have been imposed in Leitir Móir, An Cnoc, Tír an Fhia and surrounding areas in order to ensure there is an adequate day time supply.
The current spell of warm weather has led to a significant increase in demand for treated water. This in turn has placed treated water reservoir levels under increased pressure.
In order to protect a full daytime supply for homes, businesses and essential services, nighttime restrictions will come into effect from tonight and remain in place until further notice.
The nighttime restrictions will be in effect between 11pm and 7am. During this time, customers in these areas served by the public supply will experience reduced water pressure.
Tony Kelly of Uisce Éireann explained that the nighttime restrictions are necessary in order to allow reservoir levels to recover, and to ensure a full daytime supply of treated water for homes and businesses.
“We have been experiencing very high demand for treated water over recent days due to the fine weather and high tourist numbers in the area,” said Tony.
“Reservoir levels of treated water have been unable to keep up with this increased demand and as a result, we are introducing nighttime restrictions in order to protect daytime supply.”
“We acknowledge the inconvenience that can be caused by nighttime restrictions, and we wish to thank impacted customers for their understanding.”
“We also wish to encourage customers to take some simple steps which can significantly reduce usage and help to protect supply for the community.”
