Irish Water in partnership with South Dublin County Council is working to safeguard the water supply for homes and businesses in Tallaght and surrounding areas in Dublin 24.
Essential valve installation works are scheduled to take place on Monday night, 4 April from 10pm until 5am on Tuesday morning.
To further reduce the impact on customers, crews will reconfigure the network to maintain water supply to as many areas as possible, however, customers in the following areas, especially those on higher ground and extremities of the network, may experience temporary, intermittent low pressure and/or water outages: Rossfield, Fettercarn, Lanndale, Springfield, Glenshane, Knockmore, Whitestown Ind Estate, South City, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght and surrounding areas in Dublin 24.
Typically it takes two to three hours following restoration time for normal supply to be fully restored to all areas but it is important to continue to follow the HSE guidance on hand-washing.
Speaking about the works, Tselo Tlou, Irish Water said, “Irish Water understands that this type of work can be inconvenient and, working in partnership with South Dublin County Council, we will make every effort to minimise the disruption that these necessary works may cause.”
Tselo 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.”
“Vulnerable customers who have registered with Irish Water receive direct communications from us for planned and unplanned outages lasting more than four hours.
“Irish Water and South Dublin County Council regret any inconvenience caused.
“The Irish Water customer care helpline is open 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on Twitter @IWCare with any queries. For updates, please visit the Water Supply Updates section of the Irish Water website.”