Alternative water supplies have been arranged after major water outages hit Portumna following an issue with the water treatment plant.
Uisce Eireann is carrying out repairs to the Portumna Water Treatment Plant following a mechanical fault on Thursday. This is causing water outages in Portumna and surrounding areas.
An alternative water supply is available at the car park close to Concannon’s Hardware in Killimor Village and will remain in place until Saturday.
People are reminded to use their own clean and sanitised potable containers when taking water from the alternative water supply.
Uisce Eireann expects that the local water supply will begin to return this evening, but it will take some hours for the reservoirs and water network to refill.
Generally, it takes approximately two to three hours for the water supply to return to normal for all affected customers.
Uisce Éireann’s Justin Doran regrets the inconvenience for customers adding, “We understand how disruptive unplanned outages are and we regret the inconvenience caused.”
“We would like to thank impacted customers in the Portumna area for their patience while we work on repairs and restore the water supply as quickly as possible.”
Updates can be found on Uisce Eireann’s Supply and Service website page
