Hundreds of Limerick households impacted as Uisce Éireann shuts down water treatment plant

Bulk tankers are being made available to hundreds of households in County Limerick who have been impacted by a major water outage. 

Uisce Éireann says it is working to address supply interruptions and to restore normal operations at Ballinagarry Water Treatment Plant as quickly as possible.

It says the treatment plant, which supplies drinking water to the communities of Rylands, Ballingarry and surrounding areas has been impacted by poor raw water quality due to the high turbidity of the incoming water. 

For this reason, production at the treatment plant has shut down. This, the utility says, has resulted in low reservoir levels meaning customers may be impacted by an interruption to their water supply. 

A spokesperson has confirmed that aAlternative water supplies will become available this Friday evening via bulk tankers  which can be accessed adjacent to Ballinagarry Community Centre.

Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from tankers and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure.

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Eoin O’Connell, water operations manager, said: “We understand how disruptive unplanned outages are and we sincerely regret any inconvenience caused. We also want to thank impacted customers for their patience as we work to restore normal supplies.” 

Further updates will be issued over the weekend via the Uisce Éireann customer care channels and online at water.ie.