KILDARE LATEST: No water or low pressure for many areas of Newbridge tonight
Irish Water is working in partnership with Kildare County Council to carry out essential watermain repair works tonight at 9pm with an anticipated completion time of 1am to minimise disruption to the local community.
To facilitate the safe delivery of the repair works, customers in Crossroads off Green Road/Langton Road, including Moore Park and Moore Avenue, all businesses and properties on Edward Street, all of Main Street as far as the Liffey Bridge, Piercetown, Dara Park, Pairc Mhuire, Station Road, College Park, The Grange, Newbridge Industrial Estate, Moorefield Park and all properties and businesses from Dunnes Stores as far as Liffey Bridge may experience temporary low pressure and/or water outages during the works.
Irish Water said crews will make every effort to minimise the disruption to impacted customers and will work to complete these repair works as quickly and as safely as possible.
It typically takes two to three hours following restoration time for the network to refill and normal water supply to fully return.
Vulnerable customers who have registered with Irish Water receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours.
Speaking about the repair works, Kevin Love, Regional Asset Operations Lead at Irish Water said, “Irish Water understands that essential repair works can be inconvenient and working in partnership with our colleagues in Kildare County Council, we will make every effort to minimise the disruption that these necessary works may cause.”
Kevin added: “Customers may experience some temporary discolouration of water following the works and occasionally issues such as internal airlocks may arise. For advice on clearing discoloration and airlocks, visit www.water.ie/water-supply/ supply-issues/following-an- outage.”
"Irish Water is responsible for the delivery of all public water and wastewater services in Ireland.
"We are committed to continuously upgrading and developing critical infrastructure to support the growth needed in housing and across our economy, while protecting the environment and safeguarding water supplies."