Reservoir maintenance continues

WORK will be carried out on the Valleymount and Ballyknockan Reservoirs until Thursday.

Irish Water and Wicklow County Council are carrying out the final phase of a programme of maintenance work on Wicklow’s reservoirs. The project is being carried out to inspect the condition of the reservoirs and to enable Irish Water to carry out any maintenance works that may be required. These works will improve the quality of the drinking water and increase the security of the supply for the people of Wicklow.

Works began on Valleymount and Ballyknockan reservoirs yesterday at noon and will continue until noon on Thursday.

To facilitate the work on the Valleymount and Ballyknockan reservoirs tankers will be located in the carpark opposite the Star pub in Valleymount and in the Cullen pub carpark in Ballyknockan.

Work was recently completed on the Hollywood and Donard reservoirs. Work will be carried out on the Barndarrig reservoir from Tuesday, June 20 until Friday, June 23.

Work was completed last year on the Coolboy/Coolafancy, Kiltegan, Knockananna, Knockanarrigan, Rathdangan, Stratford, and Thomastown Reservoirs.

To facilitate the maintenance work, the reservoirs will be emptied, which may cause an interruption to customers’ water supplies. The works at each reservoir will take two to three days to complete and alternative water supplies, through the provision of water tankers, will be provided to customers during the duration of the work.