By Dan Walsh
Uisce Éireann crews are working to restore the water supply to Coolcots Reservoir this evening following a large burst and pump failure in Wexford town. A further pump fault has also been identified which has impacted reservoir levels leading to the supply outage.
Crews are working on repairs in order to restore normal water supply as quickly as possible. While repairs are underway, customers in the following areas of Wexford Town may experience supply outages and/or low pressure: Barntown, Townparks, Whitemill, Ard Carman, Coolotts and surrounding areas in Wexford Town.
Repairs are expected to be completed by 10pm tonight, (Thursday) and customers are reminded that it typically takes two to three hours following repairs for normal supply to restore to all customers affected by an unplanned outage.
To support impacted customers, alternative water supplies with clean drinking water are in place at: Clonard Village, Cluain Dara, Ferndale, Belvedere, Ard Carman and Clonard Church until normal water supply returns. Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tanker and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure as per Health Service Executive (HSE) advice.
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