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Irish Water First Fix Leak Repair Scheme for domestic water customers, as approved by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) on 5th August 2015
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Irish Water (Company), 'First Fix Leak Repair Scheme for domestic water customers', [policy report], Irish Water, 2015
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Executive Summary: In May 2014 the Government announced funding of €51m for a scheme to address water leakage on pipework within customer Property under a “First Fix” scheme. Irish Water (IW) has developed proposals as to the scope and implementation of the First Fix Leak Repair scheme and these proposals are outlined in this document. Leakage of water from the network is a serious problem on a national scale. Lost water is estimated nationally at approximately 49% of the water produced for supply, well above international norms. IW proposes to introduce a customer side leak repair scheme similar to those operated successfully by UK utilities. The First Fix Leak Repair scheme will form part of IW’s strategy for reducing the level of water wastage through targeting the repair of leaks on domestic Property (estimated to be 20-30% of all network leaks). Under the Water Services Act 2007 Irish Water is not responsible for addressing leaks that occur within the boundary of any Property. Under the First Fix Leak Repair scheme, IW intends to assist Customers by notifying them where suspected leakage is occurring within the boundary of the Property. It is intended that leaks which are identified on the External Supply Pipe serving a Property will be offered a free leak repair. The First Fix Leak Repair scheme will not apply to leaks within a Dwelling. Given the need to prioritise water conservation, IW will, under the proposed First Fix Leak Repair scheme, prioritise repairs by size, based on the estimated volume of water lost. As a consequence it is anticipated that the largest leaks, which are wasting the most water, will be fixed first. Through identifying and targeting the largest External Supply Pipe leaks using Meter read data, it is anticipated that the First Fix Leak Repair scheme will deliver water savings of at least 37 million litres per day, or enough to meet the daily water demand of 123,000 households.
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2015
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Irish Water