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Old 1 inch water pipe unearthed...can I cut & cap?

  • 01-10-2018 5:03pm
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    Igotadose
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    Putting in a new front garden wall, and cleared out the old berm today. Under the berm we found a 1" water pipe that looks like it's made from rubber, not PVC or metal. This is the corner house on the street (corner with the main local road). We can't find a shutoff, but this is on the Dingle peninsula in the Gaeltacht area, and there are a lot of old roads & farms around, and there may never have been a shutoff. Problem is, at some point maybe 15-20 years ago, it seems like the pipe was mended, there's a plastic union in it, but that's leaking.

    The neighbors think that the pipe was the water supply to an old Decca (?) radio station that might've been active in the 40s but is just a bunch of derelict buildings now, there were only a couple of houses back then that had wells. Now, everyone's on mains water. The pipe is still carrying water (hence the leak and loosening the old union causes it to gush).
    I called Irish water about the leak, they'll get back to me but I doubt soon. What I really want is to remove the pipe completely if it doesn't supply anyone. It's on my property, and will be right next to my new wall with a risk of leaking. It had been buried somewhat, but the area with the union was boggy, now I know why.

    Any ideas on how to trace the pipe to its source? Would Irish Water have the info, which might be historical at this point, about the pipe? Am I within my rights to simply cap the pipe as its on my property? I'd cap it as close to the source as I could get.

    Thanks, sorry for the long question.


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