many families were without water since ChristmasThe houses were set on a rotating on/off supply for 12 hours.
Around 2,600 houses are still without any fee at all in the province, despite more than 2,500 is connected again yesterday.
Underfire Northern Ireland water said it was unable to do so but was hoping to stop rotation from Saturday.
Vandals were blamed for the evacuation of nearly 5,000 gallons of water of temporary tanks in a bad hit areas in Coalisland, co Tyrone.
The areas are worst affected by the water outages Cooktown, co. Tyrone, Hannah town close to Belfast, Burren and Hamburg in the co down away Coalisland.
Arctic weather conditions, followed by a sudden thaw, causing large numbers of burst pipes, buildings, and the power supply, drained unprecedented amounts of water from the system.
Louth County Council in Ireland has agreed to supply water treatment plant in Dundalk of its neighbouring local authorities across the border in Newry and Mourne.
The Scottish Government continues to help Northern Ireland meet to deliver the crisis with thousands of gallons of water in bottles.
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While NI water has responsibility for leaky pipes on the primary system, ends, that responsibility when the delivery types properties.
However, many are understood the leaks within the unoccupied homes and businesses.
"Repeat NI water would check its appeal to customers your premises for damage to pipes and repair them as soon as possible", the NAV said spokesman.
Stormont's regional development Minister Conor Murphy yesterday announced that an independent probe is to examine the causes of the crisis.
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