31/07/2025
Nearly 1,000 Uisce Éireann customers across Kill, Arthurstown, Rathmore, Athgoe and Tipperkevin will be impacted by a water outage from 10pm tomorrow, Friday 1st August to 3am Sunday, 3rd August.
Uisce Éireann are set to carry out critical and complex repair works to a major pipeline that connects Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant and the Saggart Reservoir over that weekend.
The major pipeline is said to supply one third of the Greater Dublin Area’s (GDA) drinking water.
The works has been described as “the largest planned mains repair to date” and will aim to secure the water supply.
Uisce Éireann has issued a statement in relation to the upcoming water outage.
“We have identified sections of the pipeline that are at risk of failing which could lead to a prolonged outage if not addressed,” Uisce Éireann stated.
“We have also identified several leaks which we will address during the works.”
Uisce Éireann stated that alternative water supplies will be provided at Rathmore National School (Eircode W91 VK46) and at Kill Equestrian Centre, Newtown (Eircode W91 DX80).
Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tanker and, as a precaution, to boil the water before drinking.
—by Natasha Nà Chaomhánaigh
