By Dan Walsh
A major burst to a water main in the Clonard area of Wexford town overnight has caused low water levels at the Coolcotts Reservoir. The areas impacted are Whiterock Hill, Whitemill, Ard Carman, Clonard, Coolcotts, Ferndale and surrounding areas.
Uisce Éireann is working with Wexford County Council to restore water supply as quickly as possible to affected customers in Wexford town,
While water levels at the reservoir have been recovering throughout the day, they remain low. In order to ensure that all supplies in the affected areas return as quickly as possible, the reservoir levels will be allowed to build up overnight.
Dedicated crews have been working all day to restore normal supply and provide alternative water supplies in the impacted areas and hope to have water restored to homes and business by tomorrow morning.
To support customers, alternative water supplies are available at the following locations: Belvedere Grove, Ferndale Park, Clonard Village, Ard Charman, St Joseph’s Car Park, and Cluain Dara. An additional tanker has been located at Conard Church car park from 6pm this evening. Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tanker and, as a precaution, boil the water before drinking.
Uisce Éireann’s Dan McCartan told WexfordLocal.com; “We understand how disruptive unplanned outages are and we would like to thank impacted customers for their patience while we work to restore the water supply.
“I can assure those affected that crews are on the ground working to fix the issue. Once works are complete it can take up to three hours for the return of normal water supply to all customers.”
The Uisce Éireann customer care helpline is open 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact on Twitter @IWCare with any queries. For updates please visit the Water Supply Updates section of the Uisce Éireann website.
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