Sewerage issues plaguing Waterford residents

Residents in Waterford City are grappling with sewerage issues and leakages on a constant basis. 

At a recent Metro meeting, Councillor Eamon Quinlan (Fianna Fáil) spoke about the problem and pressed for Waterford Council to be 'part of the solution'. 

He said: "In relation to Dominic's place in the city, I was up there on Saturday meeting Council officials and members of the public. The sewage situation with the broken pipe on private land has led to numerous houses having sewage backing up, both in their sinks, bathtubs and toilets on a fairly regular basis, every couple of days. 

He continued: "Even though it's not on our land, we do own several houses that are affected by this issue. I would call on Waterford Council to be more active with both Irish Water and the residents up there to come to a resolution."

Cllr Quinlan also referenced similar problems in Tramore: "There's also the public leaking of water, again, in Sweet Briar Lawn, Tramore. It's has been going on since time immemorial." 

He referred to Irish Water 'stringing along' Waterford by 'saying every six months that they plan on investing a huge amount of money' into the estate. 

"We need to finally get tough with Irish Water on these kind of leaks because it's draining our resources."

A member of the Executive confirmed that Waterford Council does own two units in Dominic Place and have been 'working with locals'. He said: "Irish Water will not facilitate any works up there.

"We are looking at what works can be done to facilitate this works. But that isn't simple, because it's all in private ownership at the moment where the issue is, but we are working through that."

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