Water works for Dun Laoghaire Rathdown

A TOTAL of 19.5km of old, leaking and mainly Victorian water mains will be replaced throughout Dun Laoghaire Rathdown over the next eight months through the Dublin Region Watermains Rehabilitation Project.

Replacement work will also take place at Monkstown, Sallynoggin, Blackrock, Mount Merrion and Roebuck as well as in the Old Bawn area of South Dublin.

During the works, there will be some unavoidable interruptions to customers’ water supplies, but the council has said every effort will be made to minimise the inconvenience. Where water has to be shut off to facilitate the works, notice will be provided to homes and businesses 48 hours beforehand.

The benefits of the project will include a reduction in leakages from pipes, improved water pressure to homes and businesses, replacement of old lead connections on public supplies and an improved level of service and security of supply.

“We ask residents, business people and commuters for their cooperation and patience during these vital works that will strengthen and secure our water supply into the future,

? said Cllr Tom Joyce, cathaoirleach of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council on behalf of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.

“We thank them for their patience and regret the inevitable inconvenience people will experience while the works are ongoing.

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Over 9,000km of watermains pump 510 million litres of clean drinking water per day to homes and businesses in Dublin. It is the equivalent of 204 Olympic swimming pools full of water. Since 2007, when it started, the Dublin Region Watermains Rehabilitation programme has replaced 120km of leaking watermains throughout the region with modern new heavy duty polyethylene pipes.

As a result, 11 million litres of water per day that was leaking is now being saved each day. This is equivalent to the water needed to supply 27,000 homes.

People are asked to save water and to turn off the tap, wet toothbrushes and turn off the tap when brushing teeth, take showers instead of baths and use a water butt to collect rainwater for gardening instead of watering the lawn.

For up-to-date information about the works visit www.watermainsrehab.com.