Water in Navan

deckie27

Anyone know whats happening with the water?
off since this morning/last night

I'm the proudstown side of the town

Sgt Pepper 64

looks like they have reduced the pressure, so your tank will empty and then be really slow to fill

deckie27

no pressure in my house since this morning
not even a gurgle out of the kitchen tap where the mains comes into then heads up to the tank

Still dead . . . . . will have to start melting snow

Sgt Pepper 64

Rumour is that there was an oil spill and they turned off the water??!!!!!
(This is why we buy the bottled stuff!)
Apprently its been turned on again but we have none

we'llallhavetea_old

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Rumour is that there was an oil spill and they turned off the water??!!!!!
(This is why we buy the bottled stuff!)
Apprently its been turned on again but we have none

thats what i was told today also, dunno if its true though.

deckie27

Oil Spill

Do you mean there was an oil spill near the reservoir which would contaminate the supply?

or is this related to the oil depot fire in Louth?

we'llallhavetea_old

deckie27 wrote: »

Oil Spill

Do you mean there was an oil spill near the reservoir which would contaminate the supply?

or is this related to the oil depot fire in Louth?

i just heard there was an oil spill and it contaminated the water. complete hearsay though, so it really could be anything.

bladespin

Heard the same thing (oil spill), rang them about 6pm and was told it was back on, near 10 now and still no sign

Good luck to them introducing water rates, with service like this I can see it being a disaster.

TimeToShine

is anyone getting water?

Animalistic

Still none here :rolleyes:. Also on Proudstown side. No clue whats going on.

bladespin

Came back here (Proudstown) around 11pm last night, wonder if that's the end of it or will they have more work to do.

paddles

Have no water this evening. Shouldn;t be frozen pipes as I have been v careful this time.
Wondering if water being rationed at the mo? in canterbrook, trim side

Animalistic

Water off again..:rolleyes:

J.Ball

Am i having this issue with the water being off too????? up by the ardboyne hotel area. I just assumed the pipes froze as downstairs is working ok but not upstairs.

Rafa1977

Has anybody any update on Water situation. I am in Clonmagadden area and have been without water since about 6pm last night. I try to ring the navan county council office or look on the website for info but can't see anything.

Fiskar

Rafa1977 wrote: »

Has anybody any update on Water situation. I am in Clonmagadden area and have been without water since about 6pm last night. I try to ring the navan county council office or look on the website for info but can't see anything.

You probably have a frozen incoming water pipe, MCC have reduced pressure from 7pm to 7am, so you should have water. If everyone else was cut off it would be on national news. Try finding the route of your incoming water and blow torch the ground above to get it moving, cannot offer much else I'm afraid.

If you're in a new estate try contacting the developer.

TimeToShine

water gone again :rolleyes: and on christmas day as well

sadbre

No water on Acedemy Square since yesterday. anybady knows why?

LizardOfBodom

No water in Johnstown Wood today since 1pm as well. Just hoping to have it back 2morrow... :mad:

Furp

No water in the clonmagadden area either pipes are ok as we had them replaced last week due to freezing. I've called a few people in the area and they are in the same situation. Tried to call Meath county councils emergency line and it does not even connect.

sadbre

I've just called management of Academy and I was told you have to wait for summer until pipes will defrosted. It's rude.
Why council doesn't send any tank truck? How long we can manage buying bottled water?

bladespin

Furp wrote: »

No water in the clonmagadden area either pipes are ok as we had them replaced last week due to freezing. I've called a few people in the area and they are in the same situation. Tried to call Meath county councils emergency line and it does not even connect.

Same as that, our mains connection point has been frozen since last wednsday, the engineer was supposed to contact us as to what to do, then was told he had left and wouldn't be back until the second week in January, the emergency line goes nowhere :mad: Can't wait until they try to fit a water meter so they can charge for this great service, I'll take a slege to it.

shertheman

Not a drop in Newbridge, Kildare also

Fiskar

Thaw has set in, our waste water pipes thawed out an hour ago, shower pipe nearly there. Would reckon you will get water between now and the morning now that temperatures have risen.
Reckon the council believe this problem is down to developers not putting pipes down deep enough. Ours are 4 feet below ground so have never frozen in the 20 years we are here.

shertheman

Thaw has set in alright but really stuck here without of drop all day, heading to the shops for bottled water :mad:

paulboland

No water in Boyne View Johnstown one side of street has no water other side of street has water
Rang council on christmas day told mains underground at there end was frozen
called this evening told there was no problem with water in johnstown
there must be a mains pipe that supplys houses on my side of street that is blocked
Council giving different replys when you call

Rafa1977

Furp wrote: »

No water in the clonmagadden area either pipes are ok as we had them replaced last week due to freezing. I've called a few people in the area and they are in the same situation. Tried to call Meath county councils emergency line and it does not even connect.

Hi Furp, do you mind me asking what part of Clonmagdden you are at, as I am living there aswell, and have no water whatsoever since 23rd, but my neighbours on either side of me have water. Have your neighbours got water?

RockMan94

that is just a disgrace all the water we have in this country and they want to turn it off it is like living in the "Stone Ages" I have had enough of these puppet goverment

RockMan94

this is just awful what you need to do is find who your county councillor is? they are unbelievable

LizardOfBodom

It came up, for me, that its actually only my house is affected with no water problem - neighbors both sides have water, their pipes must be buried deeper than ours. Still have no running water (Johnstown Wood) but my landlord came up with good rescue plan - it may come handy for some of you. We connected the garden hose to the neighbor's outside tap, put the end of it into our water reservoir in the attic and filled it up compeletly. Took around 15 minutes to did so but it gave us water for next couple of days (tank upstairs has around 200l I guess) and also gave opportunity to flush toilets, taps and fill-up bath. Doesnt solve the problem, but helps a lot comparing to washing hands under 1.5l plastic bottle as we did yesterday.

ps - got some quick lesson on irish plumbing today as I didnt even know the way it works. In houses like mine all taps are feeded from the attic reservoir,m except for the cold water tap in kitchen and washing machine/dishwasher feed. What it means is that if you dont have cold water in kitchen, your upstairs reservoir will not be filling itself up. That also mean, that you may actually not notice that pipes are frozen, as I didn't, cause all other taps everywhere in the house will still work (including toilet reservoirs etc) but theuy will only work until the attic reservoir is not drained. After that, you will loose water everywhere and also there is possibility you will loose heating, I was told.
Anyway - maybe them info will come handy to anyone.

Awaiting pipes to defrost now so good luck to everyone!

sadbre

Its thaw. Piped defrosted and all cracked. Flood in undergrad car park but still no water at home. Filling bucket straight from pipe. We'll have to wash ourself in river Boyne.

vibe666

nothing here all day in the priory (opposite side of the green to boyne view afaik) in johnstown. it was working yesterday (xmas day) but nothing all day today.

been out to the garage to get some bottled water, but i do have a backup plan if it's not on tomorrow (and you're free to do the same if you're also stuck), i'm going to go to the public spring just outside kentstown HERE which is only 10-15 minutes up the road from me.

i drove past it on my way to pick up the xmas roast in ashbourne on the 23rd in the middle of all the snow and ice when it was -9 degrees and it was still flowing freely then, so it hasn't been a victim of all the cold weather.

Bizzi Lizzy

vibe666 wrote: »

i'm going to go to the public spring just outside kentstown which is only 10-15 minutes up the road from me.

You would want to be very careful, sometimes there are signs up at the Lion's Mouth saying that the water there is "Not suitable for Human consumption".

vibe666

thanks for the tip, but i think not having any water at all is probably worse.

sounds like a damn good excuse to boil it first and then 'consume' it in lots of cups of tea.

i have 10L of bottled water tho, so i'll just be using it for washing & washing up and stuff like that.

paulboland

3 days now in boyne view johnstown with no water
some houses have water some others dont have any water
how long for natural thaw of main pipes to houses as no water from mains getting into house

vibe666

paulboland wrote: »

3 days now in boyne view johnstown with no water
some houses have water some others dont have any water
how long for natural thaw of main pipes to houses as no water from mains getting into house

it's not that the pipes are frozen in your estate, its that the pipes have cracked and broken further back inb the water system outside of your estate.

i'm on the other side of the park and altho we had water on xmas day there has been none since then.

whatever the problem is, it's wide reaching as the garage down on the main road had no tap water either when i went to get some bottled water yesterday.

go and buy some water for drinking and get some large water containers from woodies or homebase and go down to the kentstown spring to get water for washing up & bathing and you'll be fine.

if you have gas or oil fired central heating with radiators you might want to invest in some kind of portable heater too, just in case it gets cold again.

krishna1978

Hi Rafa did your water come back on i am in the clonmagadden area also and still no water since Christmas Day

Rafa1977

krishna1978 wrote: »

Hi Rafa did your water come back on i am in the clonmagadden area also and still no water since Christmas Day

No, still nothing Krishna, spoke to my 2 neighbours this morning. One has water, but very low pressure, and the other has nothing. One of the neighbours on the opposite side also has nothing since 23rd, like myself.

Fiskar

My neighbours water is still off, residents out the old Boyne road in places are out as well. May take a few more hours as the temp is warm 9.9 C at the moment.
Would also advise if you have snow lying around on the drive or lawn to remove it, your water pipes will thaw out faster.

krishna1978

Same here one neighbour has water we dont i have being trying to conact the Council’s emergency contact number is 1890 445 335 but it is ringing engaged all morning they have posted a noticed on their website

http://www.meath.ie/LocalAuthorities/SevereWeatherNoticesInformation/

But if you cannot get to talk to some one its no good. I think it will be a trip to the shop today to buy in water. With this issue they should have water tankers going around if you do get any supply back would you let me know thanks

Fiskar

krishna1978 wrote: »

Same here one neighbour has water we dont i have being trying to conact the Council’s emergency contact number is 1890 445 335 but it is ringing engaged all morning they have posted a noticed on their website

http://www.meath.ie/LocalAuthorities/SevereWeatherNoticesInformation/

But if you cannot get to talk to some one its no good. I think it will be a trip to the shop today to buy in water. With this issue they should have water tankers going around if you do get any supply back would you let me know thanks

Not being funny about this, but if the estate is new and not handed over to the council they have no obligation to get tankers of water to the area. It comes down to poor design with the water pipes not routed deep enough and not insulated. Once the council have turned on the water that probably ends their responsibility.

krishna1978

The estate would be 7 years old now would it not handed over to them ? theres no ice or snow on the roads or paths for the last two days now

Andrea Byrne

Our water has been off since last Tuesday still no sign of it coming back. Does anybody know anything about the water in our area and if there is any word on it coming back.

Rafa1977

krishna1978 wrote: »

The estate would be 7 years old now would it not handed over to them ? theres no ice or snow on the roads or paths for the last two days now

As far as I am aware Clonmagadden has not been taken over by council. I only bought here during the summer and my solicitor confirmed that the council had not taken over the estate when I bought. My area is clear of ice and snow also.

Fiskar

Meath county council update
Tuesday 28th December 13.00hrs.
Water: Demand for water is continuing to increase across the County due to leaks as a result of cracked or burst pipes. Low pressure and interruptions to supply may be experienced in a number of areas but particularly in Ashbourne, Dunshaughlin, Ratoath, Dunboyne. The Council is now appealing to people to check for leaks particularly in unoccupied business units, vacant properties agricultural buildings and field troughs.
The priority now is to protect water supplies and Meath County Council’s leak detection units are working to identify leaks as required.
• We are also advising people who have pipework problems to contact a plumber and arrange to have leaks repaired as soon as possible.
• Non- domestic customers should have burst/leaking pipe work repaired as soon as possible as if left unattended this will be reflected in their subsequent water bills.
For further advice please go to water notices on meath.ie.
Roads: As the thaw continues, driving conditions have improved on the County’s main road network. The Council is asking motorists to continue to drive with care as there will be potholes on road as a result of the heavy compacted snow.
Meath County Council’s switchboard will be in open tomorrow Wednesday from 9.30a.m. to 5.00p.m. at 0469097000

God help us when water meters come in. As far as the council is concerned the water is on, most of the posters here have frozen pipes or perhaps a break in the main further from your properties afecting a section of the estate. Those individual households with no water will need to look at getting the main water pipes insulated when the winter is over and this will mean digging up the ground outside to get at them.

paulboland

Navan council need to supply water tanks to boyne view estate tomorrow
They did supply last jan 2010
Most houses on a slope or hill in boyne view have no water
The houses that are not on a hill or a slope have water in most houses with a few that dont due to frozen pipes inside there houses

This is now a health and saftey issue
All who can read this and any estate who need water in johnstown
Priory View/Grove
Spire View
Millbrook
Boyne View
Carne Hill etc etc.
Call Meath Council Tomorrow as there back at work in office demand water tanks and for them to send engineers to check water flow direct to all houses SIMPLE KNOCK ON DOOR DO YOU HAVE WATER
This can be done without any digging up using there cctv micro cameara to see were the blockage is per house is causing no water
Some houses it will be due to internal frozen pipes and is not for council to fix but house owner.
mains supply to house from street is council as they had to approve work on each estate, if its seen a lot of houses are not getting water then council did not do correct quality check and it then become legal there problem as they passed the work in the first place

HRJ

Hi All

In Navan out the Proudstown Rd end of town (Beaufort place)

No water here since the 26th (was working night of 24th was away 25th)

Rang council emergency line on 26th got a complete muppet on the phone who hadn't a clue. Then , in the best traditions of heavily unionised Irish public service, they switched off the emergency line.

Still no water now and have bought litres of the stuff.

Is anyone else out this way experiencing the same or is it just my house (neighbours away so can't ask them)?

Thanks guys for your help - Meath county council are a bunch of morons.

Regards
H

Sgt Pepper 64

vibe666 wrote: »

nothing here all day in the priory (opposite side of the green to boyne view afaik) in johnstown. it was working yesterday (xmas day) but nothing all day today.

been out to the garage to get some bottled water, but i do have a backup plan if it's not on tomorrow (and you're free to do the same if you're also stuck), i'm going to go to the public spring just outside kentstown HERE which is only 10-15 minutes up the road from me.

i drove past it on my way to pick up the xmas roast in ashbourne on the 23rd in the middle of all the snow and ice when it was -9 degrees and it was still flowing freely then, so it hasn't been a victim of all the cold weather.

Apparently there is now a huge q on this road to get this water

TimeToShine

On the proudstown side of town and haven't had water for 5 days...ridiculous. Also, how are we supposed to know if it's our pipes that are burst/cracked? I don't fancy paying a plumber 100 quid to tell me everything's ok.

vibe666

just an update on this.

i spoke to a mate out in balrath who had the same issues as everyone else seems to be having and he went out and filled the stopcock hole at the front of his drive with hot water and it cleared the blockage and he got his water back on.

a couple of the people on my street still had water and it occurred to me that it was all the people who had been clearing their drives when it was snowing (I hadn't and neither had my neighbour). as i was going out yesterday lunchtime to the in-laws for a shower and to stock up on water, he was out filling his stopcock hole with boiling water too and by the time i got home that evening he had his water back again so i figured it was worth a shot.

i opened the small hole at the front of our driveway and poured down 3 kettles full of boiling water about 5 minutes apart (the time it took to re-boil the kettle). this was about 7pm and by midnight i could hear the cistern in the toilet filling up (very slowly).

i put the central heating timer back on and by the morning everything was back to normal.

the only thing i can think is that although the surface snow/ice had melted that the underground was still below zero and the water leaking down into the water system was re-freezing below ground and freezing the incoming water pipes.

i know pouring boiling water on frozen pipes is far from the recommended course of action in these circumstances, but its made the difference between being able to have a shower & flush the toilet and not, so i for one am all for it. after 4-5 days without water, there's very little to lose imho.

also, for everyone without water, i was at my brother in law's at the weekend and they got a call from a neighbour who had been away for a week and had come home to find that their cold water tank had frozen solid & burst and then defrosted and they had water pumping into their house for days and the whole inside of the house was destroyed, so as bad as it is not having any water at all, it could always be a lot worse.

Andrea Byrne

Hey Guys

I am only in a new house for over a year and this ridiculous, we still have no water since last Tuesday, I have tried calling the offices of Meath co council as directed on their site they should be open from 9.30 today however there out of office message is still on and the emergency number doesnt even connect.

My neighbours have a new baby and a sick child and are living off bottled water, surely they should be sending around water tankers at this stage to the houses that are without water. Are entire estate is not off only part of the road.