Dublin mains water may be affected by repair works
The works scheduled for the weekend will repair a major pipeline that connects Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant with the Saggart Reservoir, both south west of the city.Engineers are scheduled to "work through the day and night" to maintain the water supply as there is 28 hours' storage to supply customers in the area.Declan Healy of Uisce Éireann said specialist teams would repair five active leaks and replace 35 metres of pipeline.The major pipeline supplies one third of the Greater Dublin's drinking water and will be turned off to facilitate these repairs.
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