Up to 3,000 homes in Cork without water this evening

Kenneth Fox

Some 3,000 homes and businesses have been affected by water outages across Cork City this evening, while repair works are underway to fix a burst watermain in the area.

Water service engineers have implemented a water outage on Thursday evening, from 7pm until 1am, in order to carry out repair works during off-peak hours.

As the Irish Examiner reports, the burst watermain occurred on Military Road, Cork City, on Thursday morning, potentially affecting homeowners in Old Youghal Road.

Junction of Audley Place to Gordons Hill, Military Road, Wellington Road, Gardiners Hill, Middle Glanmire Road, Montenotte, Lover Walks, Lower Glanmire Road, Ballyhooley Road, Ballyvolane New Road, Banduff Road and surrounding areas.

Those living in the affected areas are warned of discoloured water in their taps, as a result of sediment dislodged from the old cast iron pipes.

"If your tap water is discoloured, running the tap for up to 20 minutes will usually restore water to a clear colour. Water is safe to drink once the water is running clear. Uisce Éireann continues to advise customers not to drink discoloured water," the statement read.

"inconvenience" caused by these outages, adding: “We have been able to maintain the water supply to customers in the area throughout the day, but we will need to carry out repairs overnight, which will require a water outage.

"We anticipate that normal supply will be restored to all customers by the morning.”

Following repair works, it typically takes two to three hours for normal supply to fully restore to all areas as the water refills the network, especially for those on higher ground or at the end of the network.

Due to a burst watermain on Military Rd, Cork City this morning, a water outage impacting some 3000 homes and businesses is required this evening to carry repair works. See https://t.co/Za1yVlgKSc for more.

— Uisce Éireann - Irish Water (@IrishWater) March 7, 2024