Kilcullen not affected by water problem

Kildare County Council is maintaining its increased draw from the Barrow in order to minimise the effects of the problems at the Ballymore Eustace Treatment plant, writes Brian Byrne.

The output from the recently-connected Barrow link to the Old Kilcullen reservoir has been increased significantly to 20m litres a day, which means that Kilcullen isn't affected by the restrictions in parts of Naas and further north in Kildare.

The Council is, however, asking all consumers to conserve water during the shortage, which is related to changes in the makeup of the supply from Poulaphuca which has cut production of treated water by 20 percent.

Dublin and parts of the greater Dublin area are experiencing water cuts at night time and will do so at least until the weekend.