Uisce Éireann has announced that Ward & Burke Water Limited are progressing with works in Buncrana as part of a €31 million investment to upgrade the wastewater infrastructure in Buncrana, Ballybofey and Stranorlar.

The sewerage scheme will improve the water quality in Lough Swilly and the River Finn by removing stormwater overflows, safeguarding the environment and supporting social and economic development.

As part of the next phase of works, a water main diversion is needed to allow for new sewer construction on Cockhill Road.

In order to facilitate the works, on 15 February the water supply will be switched from 6.00pm until approximately 12 midnight. It is planned that supply will begin to return after this time. However, due to the size of the pipes and network, it could take a number of hours for normal supply to return to all customers as water refills the network, especially for those on higher ground or at the end of the network.

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The outage will impact customers in the following areas: Cockhill Road, Tullyarvan, Ballymacarry, Ardarava, Cleenagh, Upper and Lower Ballymagan and Clonblosk and surrounding areas. To support impacted customers, direct notifications have been arranged in advance.

Uisce Éireann’s Colm Claffey said: "Uisce Éireann is committed to enabling communities across Donegal to thrive by continuously upgrading and developing our critical infrastructure. These essential works along Cockhill Road, Buncrana are necessary to install new sewer pipes and increase capacity, allowing for current and future population growth of the town. The works will also include the decommissioning of two existing storm overflows which will improve water quality in the River Finn ensuring compliance with Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulations 2001 and the EPA Wastewater Discharge Licencing.

"We understand that this type of work may be disruptive to the local community which is why our experienced water services crews will work hard to complete the works and restore normal water supply as quickly as possible."