Works to repair a significant burst on the Letterkenny water network in Donegal have been completed.

As a result, water supply has returned to Uisce Éireann customers in the Bomany, Newmills, Roughan, Tullygay, Conwal and surrounding areas who were impacted by the leak which had resulted in low pressure and disruptions in recent days.

Complex repairs were required to locate and fix the leak, which was carried out by Uisce Éireann's expert crews.

Uisce Éireann's Damien O’Sullivan explained: "Water supply in Bomany, Newmills, Roughan, Tullygay, Conwal and surrounding areas areas is closely monitored as balancing water supply and demand at these areas is currently very challenging.

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"When leaks occur anywhere on the water supply network, quite often, the water supply pressure drops and unfortunately the most elevated properties may lose pressure or supply.

"This was experienced in the elevated properties at the areas listed this weekend. To support our customers in these areas while supply was disrupted, alternative water supplies were located at Newmills and Tullygay."

Damien continued: "Expert leak detection operatives were deployed with specialist sounding equipment to locate the leak.

"The leak took some time to locate given the difficult conditions posed by Storm Bert and was eventually isolated and repaired in the Oldtown area last night by dedicated Uisce Éireann operatives."

Uisce Éireann is continuing to appeal to customers in these areas to conserve water to give the reservoirs time to replenish. Any reduction that customers can make in their usage can collectively result in significant supply improvements for all homes and businesses.

Uisce Éireann acknowledges the inconvenience caused by interruptions to the water supply and appreciate their customers' co-operation while crews worked to carry out the repairs.