Farrans Construction is to start work to replace water mains in Falcarragh and Gortahork in Donegal to cut the high levels of leakage.

Irish Water is working in partnership with Donegal County Council to ensure a more secure supply of drinking water for local residents and businesses who have been affected by frequent bursts and outages.

The water mains renewal works involve the decommissioning and replacement of approximately 1.7 kilometres of old and damaged water pipes in Gortahork and 1.6 kilometres in Falcarragh with modern, high density polyethelene (plastic) ones.

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The works are part of Irish Water's National Leakage Reduction Programme which will reduce the high level of leakage across the country by fixing or replacing ageing water mains. Irish Water is investing over €500 million between 2017 and 2021 as part of this programme.

Once complete residents will experience improved water security due to a reduction in the amount of bursts and leakage in these areas.

The works include laying water service connections from the public water main in the road to customers' property boundaries and connecting them to the customer’s water supply. Where the existing service connections on the public side are lead they will be replaced as part of the improvement work.

The works may involve some short-term water shut offs and the project team will ensure that customers are given a minimum of 48 hours’ notice prior to any planned water shut offs.

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