A major leak in the water supply to a South West Donegal village has been found and repaired, Uisce Éireann has announced.

By fixing the leak in Bruckless, the company and its regional contractor Farrans and Larsen Water Management have been able to save 600,000 litres of water daily.

This leak was repaired under the Find & Fix scheme, which involves leak detection crews undertaking surveys using multiple technologies, including sounding equipment, to locate leaks on the water network.

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Patricia Lowry, Leakage Reduction Programme Manager with Uisce Éireann, described the find as "one of the largest savings of our precious resource this year in the North-West region."

Patricia continued: "It's hard to understand that more than 600,000 litres of clean drinking water were disappearing underground every day.

"Water is a valuable resource and expensive to produce so finding this leak and successfully repairing it was of paramount importance.

"For our leak detection team to have found this leak and the subsequent improvement to the network is a massive win. Enough water was saved to supply more than 4,500 people a day."