Meath Water Conservation Project
Water Conservation
As our population continues to increase so too do the demands on our water network. With approximately 137,000 people living in Meath on average 50,000 M3 of water is supplied to homes and businesses throughout the county daily. 18 Water Supply Schemes, comprising of 128 District Metered Areas are in place to help supply and monitor water to the 51,000 domestic and over 7,000 non – domestic consumers.
In 2001 Meath Co. Co. Initiated a water conservation programme, concentrating on two areas in particular.
Navan & Mid-Meath
East Meath
Since then our water leakage teams have been actively engaged in finding leaks on our water network and having them repaired.
In 2006 Meath Co. Co. expanded its water conservation programme to a county wide basis which consisted of three stages:
Stage 1 – Implementation of Water Management Systems
• Asset data collection
• GIS Mapping
• Bulk/district metering and telemetry
• Hydraulic modelling of Network
• Pressure control
Stage 2 – Active Leakage Control
• Location and repair of leaks to meet leakage reduction target
Stage 3 – Rehabilitation
• Identification of areas with persistent high leakage, poor response to repair activities and level of service problems.
Since January 2006 almost 5000 thousand leaks have been found and repaired. At present the mains rehabilitation project is at tender stage with approximately 15Kms of water main, 200 fittings and 1100 connections due to be upgraded.
