Water off Dublin City Council Area (Clontarf specifically)

drkpower

Hey

Anyone else's water off in the Clontarf area/Dublin CC area gernerally? Mines been off since sometime yesterday (Stephens Day) and the DCC website/phone lines are suitably unhelpful.

My water has been unaffected until now so i am presuming i dont have a burst pipe......... but would love confirmation

Tks

Luluk

I've been without water since yesterday morning at my house in Fairview. DCC arent answering their phones. Can't tell if mains pipe is frozen underground or if supply has ceased. Very frustrating.

drkpower

There is a message on their phoneline updated Stephens Day at 11am i think) saying there are water problems in DCC - thats it!

Over 24 hours seems a long time for this to be sorted.....

Luluk

Update from DCC:

http://dublincity.wordpress.com/

Not sure what it means, but it doesn't sound good.

Shamanic

Can you paste what's in that link? Can't get it to open and can't find it online. Thanks x

Luluk

Urgent update on water supply in Dublin – 27th December at 1.00*pm
27/12/2010 1:03 pm

*The water situation over the past three nights has been as follow:

24th December 2010 – Production 550Mld Demand – 570Mld

25th December 2010 – Production 548Mld Demand – 548Mld

26th December 2010 – Production 550Mld Demand – 609Mld

Storage at Stillorgan is now down to 603Mld. The rapid thaw has had a disastrous effect. We are mobilising the maximum number of crews to deal with burst pipes today. We are also appealing to homeowners and businesses to check their premises for leaks within their property. There are problems all over the country.

Given the situation we have no option but to reintroduce a very restrictive regime as and from today. From this evening we are reintroducing reduced pressure and fairly significant cut-offs.

It should also be noted that there could be loss of supply in other areas at short notice due to broken mains. From today (27th) we will be commencing at 6pm and continuing until 9am tomorrow morning. The same restrictions at least will apply for tomorrow night (28th) however we are monitoring on a daily basis and this may change.

*

Frank Bullitt

Anyone have the issue of having water come in off the mains i.e the kitchen, but not filling the boiler?

RMD

Seems to be the same throughout D3. Enough pressure for water to run for the basics, but not enough to fill the tank for more important aspects.

So if you're one of the ignorant fúckers who thought it would be a great idea to leave the taps on, thank you, I haven't showered in 2 days because of you and your idiotic buddies.

Myrddin

RMD wrote: »

So if you're one of the ignorant fúckers who thought it would be a great idea to leave the taps on, thank you, I haven't showered in 2 days because of you and your idiotic buddies.

You are aware that Dublin Corporation themselves are the biggest drain on the cities water supply? They're appealing for home owners & businesses to search for leaks on their premesis...of course nothing's mentioned of the >60% of our already treated water that's lost through antiquated & neglected mains piping.

Steppes

No water here in Beaumont, and my sister in Ballymun says she her house has none either. What's annoying is that their alerts site says we should have a supply until six PM today.

GLaDOS

My waters back for the moment, (Santry) since about 2

Steppes

Just a reminder to anyone who currently has water to fill some saucepans now as the water is scheduled to go off in five minutes.

Irishpimpdude

For the past 2 nights i have had water in the bathroom but none in the kitchen, is the cold water in the bathroom safe to drink? was always told it was a no go but only water there haha

sambuka41

EnterNow wrote: »

You are aware that Dublin Corporation themselves are the biggest drain on the cities water supply? They're appealing for home owners & businesses to search for leaks on their premesis...of course nothing's mentioned of the >60% of our already treated water that's lost through antiquated & neglected mains piping.

This is so true. Im sick of it,the pipes on Highfield Road are completely f**ked. The water has been off around here about 4 times in the last 6 month,with no notice and now they're wrecked again :mad::mad:

Eh try fix it the first time poxy DCC:mad::mad::mad:

Dr_Phil

Steppes wrote: »

Just a reminder to anyone who currently has water to fill some saucepans now as the water is scheduled to go off in five minutes.

They don't seem to bother with the schedule, mine (D3) is on/off at random times, of which maybe 1 hour/day the pressure is high enough to push the water up to the attic and fill the tank.

I don't even get pi**ed off anymore...

Myrddin

Dr_Phil wrote: »

I don't even get pi**ed off anymore...

I'm the same, actually I've come to expect such things living in Ireland.

RMD

EnterNow wrote: »

You are aware that Dublin Corporation themselves are the biggest drain on the cities water supply? They're appealing for home owners & businesses to search for leaks on their premesis...of course nothing's mentioned of the >60% of our already treated water that's lost through antiquated & neglected mains piping.

Yes I'm aware of that, but I've given up on DCC (A shower of mostly lazy and careless twats) ever creating a efficient system in that regard. The thought of having a modern well maintained water distribution system is just beyond the lads in DCC unfortunately.

smartblaa

drkpower wrote: »

Hey

Anyone else's water off in the Clontarf area/Dublin CC area gernerally? Mines been off since sometime yesterday (Stephens Day) and the DCC website/phone lines are suitably unhelpful.

My water has been unaffected until now so i am presuming i dont have a burst pipe......... but would love confirmation

Tks

I'm in the same boat pretty much.. have had no history of water outages(apart from DCC's 12 hours restrictions) until this week. I'm in an apartment complex in Stoneybatter, and we've had no running water what-so-ever with 3 days now. Its an absolute pain.

Its a joke that they call us a modern country when outages like this are allowed continue in the country's capital.

:mad:

Aone

there's not much to be expected living in this pathetic country. ireland sucks! big time! lazy irish

Gumbo

RMD wrote: »

Yes I'm aware of that, but I've given up on DCC (A shower of mostly lazy and careless twats) ever creating a efficient system in that regard. The thought of having a modern well maintained water distribution system is just beyond the lads in DCC unfortunately.

Blame the governments lack of investment into the water supply. DCC staff can only work with what's in the ground currently.

When water rates are introduced it should be spent 100% on upgrading the water supply infrastructure.

Water on in Finglas all day (parents house) and also mine since Monday. Mine is in fingal county council and I can assure you they are no better.

Elmer Blooker

kceire wrote: »

Blame the governments lack of investment into the water supply. DCC staff can only work with what's in the ground currently.

When water rates are introduced it should be spent 100% on upgrading the water supply infrastructure.

Yes, water rates SHOULD be spent upgrading the water supply.
Water rates will be nothing more than another stealth tax that will go on bailing the banks and the big gamblers/developers.

Myrddin

kceire wrote: »

Blame the governments lack of investment into the water supply. DCC staff can only work with what's in the ground currently.

Good point, nevertheless it's the coporations responsibility to maintain & provide supply. If the system is so heavily neglected & antiquated (which it is), it's up to them to make the point & heckle for an improverment scheme. Frankly, I believe it suits them to neglect it.

Water charge funds actually going back into the system? Oh yeah, I can see that happening for sure. As we always say, it'll be grand

Frank Bullitt

Water is on here in Marino but pressure is too low to get to the tank yet again, and its empty.

Joke at this stage.

adamski8

i havent got any water at all the last few days! thought it was only restricted to certain hours. looking at the DCC website im even more confused!

ixoy

I though money was being put aside for upgrading after the January freeze?

Dazza Mc kenna

No water in Killester,

SantryRed

Fcuking retards leaving taps running to stop pipes freezing. Arseholes.

Gavin "shels"

DCC are taking the pi*s at this stage, grand turn my water off at 6pm and bring it back on at 2pm so I can have a shower before work and maybe wash some dishes to cook some lunch, 2.45 and still no poxy water!:mad:

Frank Bullitt

Still nothing here either, not sure if we'll get any today at all

El Horseboxo

It's a joke ath this stage in the north of Finglas near St. Margarets. Been off every night since early December and has been off except for a small drip for around an hour for the past 3 days. Went to the gym but they closed earlier than advertized and couldn't get a shower there. So now i'm supposed to go out in an hour and and reek of masculinity. They said the water should have been back at 2. I'm in Fingal Co. Council but for some reason it's the DCC that have turned off our supply.

Steppes

Dr_Phil wrote: »

They don't seem to bother with the schedule, mine (D3) is on/off at random times, of which maybe 1 hour/day the pressure is high enough to push the water up to the attic and fill the tank.

I don't even get pi**ed off anymore...

Yeah, I know; ours is supposed to be on now. I don't feel like going out tonight if I can't even have a shower and get ready. It does say on their alerts site to 'please note that it can take several hours for water to be fully restored to a premise after a shut off', but it's slim consolation...