RESERVOIR DRY ON EAST SIDE OF THE CITY

Date Published: 12-Apr-2012

Galway City Council will deploy water tankers to the east side of the city, because the Ballybane reservoir has run dry after a major pipe burst yesterday.

Water tankers will arrive to locations near the Ballybane church, and on the Doughiska Road this afternoon, with the exact time yet to be confirmed.

A twenty-one inch mains pipe, four foot underground, that feeds water to the Ballybane reservoir, is being repaired by the council, and they expect to finish late tonight, with water expected to return to domestic pipes by tomorrow morning.

It took council workers some time yesterday to isolate the leak coming from the Coolock reservoir to Bothar an Choiste, where remedial work continues.

The council warns that homes and businesses in Ballybane, Ballybrit, Mervue, and Renmore will continue to be affected by water outages until tomorrow morning.