Important Water Supply Update 29th October 2013 29/10/2013 7:36 pm Nightly Water Restrictions to apply to all areas of Dublin this Week Due to a serious production problem at Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant, Dublin City Council, on behalf of the four Dublin Local Authorities, is urging consumers all over the Dublin region to conserve water, in an effort to restore levels in our treated water reservoirs to normal. Nightly restrictions, which are likely to lead to a loss of supply, will be put in place from tomorrow, Wednesday 30th October from 8.00pm in the evening to 7am the following morning. It is likely that restrictions will remain in place until at least next Monday 4th November, and will be reviewed on a daily basis. This will assist us in replenishing treated drinking water levels to a normal level. The reason for the restrictions is due to a serious production problem at our Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant, which has caused a significant reduction in water production since last weekend. Prior to this, we had introduced reductions in water pressure during the night in an effort to replenish storage levels, but this did not achieve the desired effect. We are working assiduously to identify the cause of the problem and to mitigate the effects, but it may take some time to completely resolve the issue. It should be stressed that there is no problem with the quality of treated drinking water or with storage levels of untreated/raw water. In an effort to maintain storage of treated water at a sustainable level, we are asking consumers to help us in restoring adequate water supplies by restricting their use of water as much as possible. We are asking people to visit taptips.ie for easy water saving tips. We will be shutting off supply each night this week in order to conserve supplies. While we will make every effort possible to maintain pressures during peak demand periods, pressures will be reduced during the times indicated above. This will result in lower pressures and loss of supply across the entire Dublin region. The four Dublin Local Authorities apologise for any inconvenience caused by these restrictions and will do everything possible to minimise their scale and duration. We are asking consumers bear with us while we work to restore the water supply to normal. Press Releases will issue each morning during the period of restrictions providing a daily update of the situation. Water is precious. Let’s conserve it. We strongly urge consumers all over the Dublin Region to help conserve water by restricting their use of water during the day as much as possible, especially over the coming days. Small adjustments to some of our daily activities can help to significantly reduce the volume of water we use without impacting on our lifestyle. Some easy water saving tips include: Keeping a jug of water in the fridge instead of running the tap – running a tap for one minute to produce one cold glass of water wastes 6 litres of water; Not delaying in the shower – 10 minutes in a power-shower uses 250 litres of water – two-and-a-half times more than a bath does (100 litres); Turning the tap off for two minutes while brushing your teeth will save 12 litres of water; Turn the dishwasher and washing machine on only when they have a full load; Minimising use of the flush on toilets and if using a dual flush system, use buttons 1 (small flush) and 2 (large flush) correctly. For more useful tips on how to save water please visit taptips.ie Comments Off | General | Permalink Posted by Webmaster Rainfall Alert Thursday 25th July 25/07/2013 4:09 pm Very heavy thundery showers in areas of Ulster and North Leinster (including Dublin) will continue this afternoon and evening bringing rainfall amounts in excess of 30mm in a six hour period. The warning is valid until 11:59PM on Thursday 25th July 2013. Dublin City Council staff will be monitoring the drainage network including rivers and streams throughout the period of the warning. Comments Off | General | Permalink Posted by Webmaster Important notice- Disruption of Water Supply Sunday 30th June 2013. 30/06/2013 3:42 pm The planned essential works on the Malahide road have been successfully completed and water has been restored. Dublin City Council apologises for any inconvenience caused during these essential works. Comments Off | General | Permalink Posted by Webmaster Important Notice – Disruption of Water Supply Sunday 30th June 2013 from 6.00am – 12 midnight 17/06/2013 12:54 pm Dublin City Council advises that due to essential works there will be disruption to water supply resulting in a reduction in service with reduced pressures and loss of supply in some areas on Sunday 30th June 2013. The areas likely affected are listed below: Griffith Ave, from Charlemont to the Malahide Road Malahide Road, from Griffith Ave to Tonlagee Road Tonlagee Road to Kilbarrack Road Kilbarrack Road to the Dublin Road and all above surrounding areas. Including: Donnycarney, Artane, Killester, Coolock, Edenmore, Kilbarrack, Raheny and surrounding areas. The attached map indicates the areas which will most likely to be affected by the water shut. You can zoom in by changing the view to 100%. Dublin City Council will provide a number of water tankers. There will be mobile tankers available to go to the areas where they are most needed, in response to requests from the general public or from businesses. We will also have a stationary tanker located close to the grounds of Donnycarney Parish Church on the Malahide Road. This tanker should remain at this location all day (9.30am-5pm on Sunday 30th June 2013) leaving only to refill if necessary. All efforts will be made to carry out the work in the optimum time and to minimise disruption as far as is possible. Dublin City Council apologises for the inconvenience caused. With your co-operation and understanding we hope to keep the disruption to a minimum. For further information please contact: 01-2222222 / 01 2220600 (Business Hours) 01-6796186 (After hours) 01 8643634 (North City Maintenance Depot, Sunday 30th June, 9.30am -5pm) Comments Off | General | Permalink Posted by Webmaster Important Notice – Disruption of Water Supply – Sunday 28th April from 6.00am – 12 midnight 18/04/2013 9:54 am Dublin City Council advises that due to essential works there will be disruption to water supply resulting in a reduction in service with reduced pressures and loss of supply in some areas on Sunday 28th April 2013. The areas likely affected are listed below: Castlewood Ave, from Rathmines Rd to Ranelagh Rd and Chelmsford Avenue from Ranelagh to Leeson St Upper and all surrounding areas. Please click here to see a map of the affected area. (PDF 4mb) Tankers Dublin City Council will provide a number of water tankers. There will be mobile tankers available to go to the areas where they are most needed, in response to requests from the general public or from businesses. We will also have a stationary tanker located at Belgrave Square. This tanker should remain at Belgrave square all day leaving only to refill if necessary. All efforts will be made to carry out the work in the optimum time and to minimise disruption as far as is possible. Dublin City Council apologises for the inconvenience caused. With your co-operation and understanding we hope to keep the disruption to a minimum. For further information please contact: 01-2222222 (9am to 5pm) 01-6796186 (After hours) Comments Off | General | Permalink Posted by Webmaster Water Supply Update (Friday 5th April) 04/04/2013 1:51 pm There has been a significant improvement in water supply situation since the imposition of night time pressure reductions began on Thursday 28th March 2013. As a result of a review held yesterday (Thursday 4th April), the following phased removal of pressure restrictions apply. With effect from today (Friday 5th April) we expect to return to a regular service, albeit with reduced pressures, over the weekend. The reduced pressure regime will cease when full production is restored at the Roundwood Water Treatment plant. Dublin City Council wishes to apologise to our customers for the water restrictions we have had to put in place over the past week. Due to the cooperation of all water users, we managed to save a significant amount of water. Our regional strategic storage, which was at an extreme and unsustainable low level last Thursday, is almost back to its target level. We will continue to review and monitor the storage levels on an ongoing basis, but cannot rule out a return to more stringent restrictions if problems persist or the situation deteriorates. Water demand is currently running higher than average due to the cold weather, which has caused an increase in leakage particularly on our old Victorian distribution system. Our crews are working flat out repairing any breaks as they arise. To help us in this regard we would ask people to report any location where they see water rising or running. The single major issue still affecting us is the severe disruption to water production at our Roundwood Treatment Plant. This normally produces 66 million litres a day ( out of a maximum of 560 million litres for the entire Dublin Region) but is now down to an average of 40 million litres a day, a shortfall of 26 million litres. There is no problem with storage levels of untreated/raw water and there is no problem with water quality of treated water. The region does not currently have a normal strategic reserve of 10-15% to meet such problems and has at best a limited 1% reserve, which will improve in future with new investment and conservation measures in the planning and construction stage. In an effort to maintain storage we are asking consumers to assist us in maintaining adequate water supplies by restricting their use of water as much as possible. If all of our customers could reduce their consumption by 5%, and maintain this reduction, restrictions could cease almost immediately. We expect to implement a gradual phased reduction in restrictions until Roundwood is back in production. Over the weekend, customers should have water supply at their cold taps. They may not always have sufficient pressure at night to fill their storage tanks, but as these will fill during the day, most customers will be unaffected by the pressure reduction. Customers should be aware that unlike some other utilities like ESB, water distribution systems cannot be operated and managed to the point where the exact locations and precise times at which the effects of pressure alterations (both increase and decreases) will be experienced, however we do make every effort to ensure that the times and areas affected are limited. Dublin City Council regrets any inconvenience caused by these restrictions and will do everything possible to minimise their scale and duration. Comments Off | General | Permalink Posted by Webmaster Reductions in pressure and/or loss of supply throughout the entire city from 9pm (Wednesday 3rd April) to between 7am and 9am (Thursday 4th April) 02/04/2013 1:02 pm Due to the cooperation of our customers we managed to save a significant amount of water into storage again last night. However we will again impose water restrictions tonight (Wednesday 3rd April), starting at 9pm. We will continue to review and monitor the storage levels on an ongoing basis. Treated water storage is currently at an unsustainably low level. This is as a result of production problems at one of our water treatment plants. There is obviously no problem with storage levels of untreated/raw water and there is no problem with water quality of treated water. Storage levels of treated drinking water are below a normal operational level. In addition water demand is currently running higher than average due to the cold weather which has caused an increase in leakage. Our crews are repairing any breaks as they arise. To help us in this regard we would ask people to report any location where they see water rising or running. In an effort to maintain storage we are asking consumers to assist us in maintaining adequate water supplies by restricting their use of water as much as possible. We strongly urge consumers all over the Dublin Region to help conserve water by restricting their use of water during the day as much as possible, especially over the coming days. Small adjustments to some of our daily activities can help to significantly reduce the volume of water we use without impacting on our lifestyle. Easy Water Saving Tips include: Keeping a jug of water in the fridge instead of running the tap – running a tap for one minute to produce one cold glass of water wastes 6 litres of water; Not delaying in the shower – 10 minutes in a power-shower uses 250 litres of water which is two-and-a-half times more than a bath does (100 litres); Turning the tap off for two minutes while brushing your teeth will save 12 litres of water; Turn the dishwasher and washing machine on only when they have a full load; Minimising use of the flush on toilets and if using a dual flush system, use buttons 1 (small flush) and 2 (large flush) correctly. We are asking people to visit taptips.ie for easy water saving tips. We will be reducing pressures throughout the system in order to conserve supplies. While we will try, as far as possible, to maintain pressures during peak demand periods, pressures will be reduced at other times. This will result in lower pressures and in some cases possible loss of supply. People may notice reductions in pressure or loss of supply from 9pm to between 7am and 9am throughout the entire city. We apologise for the inconvenience caused and will do everything possible to minimise the scale and duration of the restrictions. We wish to thank consumers for their cooperation so far and are asking consumers to continue with their water conservation efforts and to bear with us while we work to restore the water supply to normal. 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