Irish Water is continuing its efforts to reduce leakage across Westmeath with a number of projects scheduled for 2022.

The national utility began work last month to replace old and problematic water mains along the R390 in Ballinea in Mullingar to reduce bursts and water outages that were impacting customers and provide them with a more reliable water supply. The works are progressing well and involve replacing almost 1.2km of old, problematic water mains with modern pipeline.

To continue to safely deliver these works, a temporary disruption to supply is required from 9am until 1pm tomorrow, Friday 21 January and Monday 24 January. Customers in the following areas will be impacted by low pressure and outages: Ballina, Kilpatrick, Habsorough, Strattonstown, Dundonnell, Byranstown and surrounding areas in Mullingar. 

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Crews will make every effort to minimise the disruption to impacted customers and will work to complete these works as quickly and as efficiently as possible. It typically takes two to three hours following restoration time for the network to refill and normal water supply to fully return. 

The works are being carried out on behalf of Irish Water by GMC Utilities Ltd and are expected to be completed in February. 

Speaking about the project Matt Thomson, Leakage Reduction Programme Regional Lead with Irish Water said: "These works are vital to ensure a more secure water supply to homes and businesses in Mullingar and are part of a significant investment by Irish Water to safeguard the water supply. We understand this type of work can be inconvenient and we will ensure our work crews make every effort to minimise any disruption these necessary works may cause. We would like to thank the community of Mullingar for their patience and cooperation while we continue to deliver these vital water network improvement works and safeguard the water supply now and into the future."