Irish Water is working as part of the National Emergency Committee (NEC) and in partnership with Local Authorities around the country to minimise the risk of supply interruptions to customers and to restart production of water at treatment plants impacted by Storm Eunice.
Irish Water said that while there had been no impact on the majority of its plants, the severe weather had impacted supplies in a number of locations due to heavy rainfall and high winds causing power outages at water treatment plants and pumping stations.
Tom Cuddy, Irish Water’s head of Operations, said the company had implemented its emergency response processes in advance of Storm Eunice and had been working closely with the National Emergency Co-ordination Committee, Local Authorities and other partners to co-ordinate the national response and to ensure that the risk to service interruption as a result of the storm is minimised.
The water company has also been liaising closely with the ESB to prioritise the restoration of power to plants affected by electricity outages with backup generators in place at its plants to maintain supplies in several areas.
The most impacted areas have been in the South-West and South-East, particularly in counties Cork, Kerry, Waterford and Wexford where a number of supplies were at risk due to storage levels locally running low with treatment plants offline.
Some 46 water supplies were put at risk of supply interruption due to the storm, primarily in the South of the country.
In its most recent update published at 8pm on Friday, Irish Water said that power outages were continuing to have an impact in certain parts of Wexford Town on water supplied to customers by the Newtown Water Treatment Plant.
The water company also had to work separately with Kerry County Council to resolve mechanical issues caused by Storm Eunice which impacted water supply in the Kilgarvan area.
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