Production at Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant has begun to improve, although it is still well below normal production levels. Coupled with this, storage levels at treated water reservoirs remain at an unsustainably low level. Accordingly, the current water restrictions will remain in place each evening, from tonight until at least Thursday 7th November, from 8.00pm each evening, to 7.00am the following morning.

Unfortunately, unlike some other utilities (eg. 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 increases and decreases ) will be experienced. Dublin City Council continue to make every effort to ensure that the times and areas affected are limited.

The Council’s Engineering and Central Laboratory staff have been working 24 hours a day since the problem emerged to arrest the falling production levels at Ballymore Eustace and to bring the Plant back up to full production.

Engineers have made significant progress in turning around the difficult situation at the Treatment Works, so that the production of water has begun to improve. However, levels are still 20% below that required to meet daily demand for the Dublin region. We also need to replenish levels at our treated water reservoirs which still remain at a critically low level.

DCC are reviewing the water supply situation on a daily basis and a decision will be taken on the current restrictions as the situation evolves. It should be stressed once again that there is no problem with the quality of treated drinking water or with storage levels of untreated/raw water.