A major water leak has been repaired in Bruckless

A major water leak has been repaired in Bruckless, saving an estimated 600,000 litres of water per day, according to Uisce Eireann. 

The repair was carried out under the Leakage Reduction Programme with enough water saved to supply the entire population of Donegal Town and Killybegs a day.

Uisce Éireann, working with their regional contractor Farrans and Larsen Water Management, carried out an extensive review of the network under the Find and Fix scheme.

Find and Fix involves leak detection crews undertaking surveys using multiple technologies, including sounding equipment, to locate leaks on the water network.

Patricia Lowry, Leakage Reduction Programme Manager with Uisce Éireann, described the find as “one of the largest savings of our precious resource this year in the north west region.”

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“It’s hard to understand that more than 600,000 litres of clean drinking water were disappearing underground every day," she said. 

"Water is a valuable resource and expensive to produce so finding this leak and successfully repairing it was of paramount importance. For our leak detection team to have found this leak and the subsequent improvement to the network is a massive win. Enough water was saved to supply more than 4,500 people a day."

Uisce Éireann says this project is an example of how the organisation is working to reduce leaks every day. Detecting and fixing leaks is a complex process, with more than 63,000km of water pipes underground in Ireland – enough to circle the earth one and a half times. Most leaks aren’t visible, resulting in precious water being lost.