Water Outage Drogheda - EPA, Green Healthcare Programme · Water Outage Drogheda 20th-27th July...
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WaterOutageDrogheda20th-27thJuly2017
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Whathappened?
• Thursday20thJuly,aburstinmajorwatermain• Water from River Boyne to Staleen WaterTreatmentPlant.
• 50yearoldhighpressuremain• Fix required inserFon of short secFon of newpipea“complex&bespokerepair”
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Impact?
• 30,000 IRISH Water customers in DroghedaandEastMeathwithoutwater
• Localreportsthe70,000individualsaffected• IrishWatercrewsmadeseveralaUemptstofixthepipebutfailed
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DroghedaHospital
• OLOL Hospital had an uninterrupted watersupplythroughoutthecrisis
• EstateshydrantupgradeinOLOLHDrogheda• Olddefunctwatermaindiscovered, and re-commissionedasaback-upsupply.
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OtherHSEfaciliBesinDrogheda?
• 3xCommunityNursingUnits• AcutePsychiatricUnit• MentalHealthDayService• PrimaryCareservicesinvariouslocaBons• Miscellaneous HSE services e.g. counselling,addicBon,supportservicesetc.
• TuslaResidenBalfaciliBesetc.
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ResponseofrelevantauthoriBes?
• LouthCountyCouncil“SocialandCommunityOffice” to work with state agencies andcommunity groups coordinate supportvulnerablepeople.
• “Social and Community Office” dailycommunicaFon with all relevant parFes,includingSeniorHSEmanagersinDrogheda.
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• DistributedBoSledwater• PublicWaterstaBonsusing1,000litretanks• Bulkwatertankertoreplenishwaterstoragetanks
WaterDistribuBon
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WaterStaBons
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KeyHSEpersonnel
• DirectorofNursingforthe3CNUs• MentalHealthBusinessManager• PrimaryCareNetworkManager• LouthMeathMaintenanceManager(non-acuteservices)
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Meanwhile....IrishWaterBespokesecBonofnewpipebeingmanufacturedinBelfast,transportedtoStaleen..
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Whatworkedwell?
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Whatworkedwell?
• Dual-sourcewatersupplyDroghedaHospital• EarlyidenBficaBonbyLCCofHSEmanagers• Co-ordinaBngroleofLouthMeathMaintenanceManagerfornon-acuteservices
• GoodcommunicaBonbetweenLCCandHSE• Efficientwaterdeliverysystems;boSled&bulk
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• DistribuBonboSledwatertoHSEDayServicefaciliBesforclientstotakehome.
• Liaison by LCC with Primary Care Teams toidenBfy “at risk” clients, for Civil Defenceteamvisits.
• MulBple Daily checks of water storage tanklevelsbyHSEsitecaretakers
Whatworkedwell?
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Whatcouldbeimproved?
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Whatcouldbeimproved?
• County Council knowledge of locaBon andtypeofHSEfaciliBes
• OneortwoHSEfaciliBes“weremissed”• AccesstoHSEEstatespropertydatabase.• Lengthofhosescarriedbybulktankersweretoo short to reach some HSE water storagetanks.
• A single phone number/accountable personforLCC/IrishWater(MeathCChaveinplace).
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• ALLHSEfaciliBesregisteredwithIrishWater• EachHSE facility has an IrishWater account&waterpointreferencenumber(WPRN)
• Irish Water & relevant local authoritysuppliedwithanupdatedlistimmediatelyofALL HSE faciliBes in each county area - HSEPropertyDatabase.
Learning&AcBons
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• ObtainemergencycontactnumbersforIrishWaterandyourlocalauthority.
• Ensurethatwaterstoragetanksarereadilyaccessible.
• ConsideracquiringhosesofsufficientlengthinthecaseofmulB-storeybuildings.
• CarryoutwaterqualityacBonplanwhenwatersupplyisrestored.
• Haveanemergencyplaninplaceforeachsite.
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IrishWaterfixedthepipe!!BespokesoluBontotheproblem.