BY finding and repairing a major leak in a South West Donegal village, Uisce Éireann has saved 600,000 litres of water daily.
This is enough water to supply the entire population of Donegal Town and Killybegs for one day.
Uisce Éireann, working with their regional contractor Farrans and Larsen Water Management, carried out an extensive review of the network under the Find & Fix scheme.
Find & Fix involves leak detection crews undertaking surveys using multiple technologies, including sounding equipment, to locate leaks on our water network.
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.”
“It’s hard to understand that more than 600,000 litres of clean drinking water was disappearing underground every day,” she said.
“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”.
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