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Glan Agua has just informed us that the raw water entering the plant in Kiltiernan has started to deteriorate again over the last couple of days. Glan Agua is managing this by running the plant for shorter run time ie. we are running the plant between 3.7m – 4m. They have also increased our
Our water scheme quality and taste has been extremely good over the years but in early June we saw a deterioration in raw water quality. (Full details available in the news section below). It improved again but there was very heavy rain last Friday and since then the raw water quality has been up and down.
Following the recent downpour of rain, the turbidity (relative clarity of a liquid) in the raw water extracted has increased. This increase in turbidity results in an increase in the amount of chlorine used and some members may experience a chlorine smell and/or a taste from the water. The chlorine levels in the water are
The Kiltiernan Group Water Scheme Board of Management would like to remind all our members the importance of water conservation and most particularly throughout this dry period. We are not currently at a stage where we need to apply water restrictions but we do appreciate all efforts our members make not to waste the water.
The water quality status is moving from advisory status to safe as our test results continue to indicate the water quality is safe. We invite any of our members to contact us with any concerns or questions they may have and while the scheme has made every effort to communicate the progress we have compiled
Happy to report the quality of the water across the network is looking good based on feedback I have received from test results within the network and color tests. We are going to leave the advisory notice in place for the moment and please be aware there may be minor water pressure disruptions as we
Michael John has started flushing the mains yesterday and will continue through next week. There may be a drop in water pressure in some areas during this activity. While our test result data on water leaving the treatment plant continues to be within parameters, our recommendation on boiling the water will remain in place until