Homes and businesses across Galway City will likely experience some water supply disruptions throughout the day as a result of Storm Éowyn.
There was a power outage at the Terryland Water Treatment Plant at approximately 2.30am this morning, which caused the plant to shut down.
The plant was manually restarted at approximately 11.30am and is currently ramping up to full production.
However, as a result of the interruption in power, water levels in reservoirs around the city have dropped to low levels.
Uisce Éireann customers in homes and businesses across the city will experience some reduced pressure and supply interruptions over the course of Friday afternoon and evening.
Uisce Éireann crews have been working alongside crews from Galway City Council since the Status Red warning elapsed at 11am, to assess the damage caused by the storm and begin to restore supply to normal levels.
Customers are urged to conserve water where possible in order to protect supply while the outages are resolved.
There are some 60,000 homes and businesses around the country which are without water today due to outages caused by Storm Éowyn, with hundreds of thousands more at risk.
On top of that nearly 1,000,000 properties across the island of Ireland are suffering power outages in unprecedented storm damage.
