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Water restrictions set to continue for the next 5 nights

Westmeath Co. Co. issued a water supply update for Westmeath just after 4pm today, which was quickly updated by the current notice released at 5pm.  Despite the plan to continue the water restrictions, the evening shut-off time has been extended to 9pm . This, no doubt,  should be a relief to those of you who returned to work today and may have a distance to travel.

•    Tuesday night / Wednesday morning – Tuesday 4th January /Wednesday 5th January, 9.00pm to 9.00 am

All water consumers are advised that nightly water supply restrictions will continue in order to replenish water levels in Council reservoirs for the next 5 nights.
Standpipes throughout the Mullingar Area have been withdrawn today,  Tuesday due to the improvement in supply.

Last night and early this morning, we emailed our local Mullingar West councilors Robert Troy and Ken Glynn in addition to Westmeath Co. Co.  The emails asked for help by postponing the shut-off times until 10pm in order to allow the commuting workers in our local area a chance to get home and to use mains-fed showers, cook, and wash before the water is switched off.  These messages were followed up by more phone calls to the council today.

Update [06-Jan]: Robert Troy contacted me to say he talked to the council about the water. Thanks for that, Robert.

Christmas and water

Happy Christmas residents and visitors!

Some homes are reporting frozen water supplies unfortunately. Westmeath County Council’s latest advisory states:

Westmeath County Council is maintaining an uninterrupted water supply to all its customers, however due to the unprecedented cold spell many householders are experiencing problems due to frozen water pipes. No shut offs of water mains have taken place & water is not frozen in public water mains.

Please contact a plumber before attempting to defrost frozen pipes.

If your water supply has frozen you should

  • source water from your neighbours or
  • go to a water standpipe using your own water containers.

NB – Water from Standpipes should be boiled before consumption

Westmeath County Council has provided & installed approximately 38 standpipes located throughout the county to ensure that members of the public have access to water supplies.
The closest standpipe to us is Raithin – at the entrance to estate.  If several houses are affected, let us know by commenting below or emailing info @ ashefield.com and we’ll ask  the council to open the standpipe close to the entrance of the estate, which was used last year.

Hope you all have an enjoyable Christmas and we look forward to your input and news in the year ahead.