There was long-awaited good news for Mullingar’s residents in recent days, with the announcement that water rationing and overnight outages should be on the way out.
While the nightly shut-off of water supply will continue for the rest of this week, Westmeath County Council will then review the situation with a view to reducing the shut off period and/or providing a night water supply to certain areas.
Daytime water supply has been restored to the majority of households in Mullingar and surrounding areas, and to ensure that reservoir levels are maintained the council have continued to turn off supplies nightly from 8pm to 7am for the past week. Standpipes are no longer available due to the improvement in the situation.
Any residents who do not have water supply are asked to contact Westmeath County Council at (044 ) 9332000 so the council can investigate whether the outage is due to a leak.
However, the council is warning that homes may fall victim to unplanned water outages in the coming weeks as leaks are repaired. Minimising water demand in the home, business and around the farm will ensure that water outages can be avoided as much as possible, while businesses which require water critical to their operation should check their systems for adequate storage.
“As the current thaw takes place we are experiencing leaks in the water networks and we would seek the co-operation of the public to notify us immediately if they notice such leaks occurring,” read a statement from the council.
“Please note that unplanned water outages could take place without notice as repair work takes place over the next few weeks.”
Regular updates will be posted at www.westmeathcoco.ie
