Ward & Burke Water Limited has been appointed to progress works in Buncrana as part of a €31 million investment to upgrade the wastewater infrastructure in Buncrana, Ballybofey and Stranorlar.

Uisce Éireann are working in partnership with Donegal County Council on the sewerage scheme which 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.

This is a significant development for the towns of Buncrana, Ballybofey and Stranorlar, which will see knock-on benefits to the local natural environment of Lough Swilly and the River Finn, as well as supporting the social and economic development of the towns. As part of the next phase of works, a water main diversion is needed to allow for new sewer construction on Cockhill Road.

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In order to support the works an outage will take place on Thursday 18 April from 6pm until approximately 2am on Friday 19 April. Water supply is expected to resume after this period. However, due to the size of the pipes and network, it may take several hours for normal supply to reach all customers as the water refills the network, particularly for those at higher elevations or farther from the source.

The outage will impact customers in the following areas: Cockhill Road, Tullyarvan, Ballymacarry, Ardarava, Cleenagh, Upper and Lower Ballymagan and Clonblosk and surrounding areas.

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."