Uisce \u00c9ireann has said it is considering nighttime restrictions on water in the Greater Dublin Area if water use is not reduced in and around the capital.<\/p>\n
It comes as a new record was set for water usage in the region in recent days, with 693 million litres used in a single day.<\/p>\n
That is 8 million more than the last reported record in May and 50 million litres above the year-to-date average<\/p>\n
Uisce \u00c9ireann says the increase in water usage is being driven by a combination of garden watering, power hosing and other outdoor domestic use during this prolonged hot and dry weather and that the pattern of continued high use is increasing risk to supplies.<\/p>\n
It said reservoir levels are dropping by up to 30 million litres on peak usage days which it says show the need for urgent conservation.<\/p>\n
The body is appealing to everyone in the Greater Dublin Area, which includes Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow to not use a hose this weekend and to adopt water saving habits where possible.<\/p>\n
It said this measure will help safeguard a reliable water supply for all and avoid more restrictive measures having to be taken.<\/p>\n
Uisce \u00c9ireann says supplies are also under pressure in parts of Wexford and South Tipperary.<\/p>\n
In Wexford, the Wexford Town, Fardystown, Taylorstown and Gorey water treatment plants are producing 4 million litres more water each day than the average daily demand recorded in 2025.<\/p>\n
In South Tipperary, water treatment plants are producing 1 million litres more water each day than the 2025 average.<\/p>\n
Margaret Attridge, Head of Water Operations with Uisce \u00c9ireann, said reducing non-essential water use now, can help protect supplies for homes, hospitals, farms, businesses and essential services, ensuring there is enough water for everyone.<\/p>\n
“We know people want to enjoy their gardens and outdoor spaces during the good weather, but treated drinking water is a precious resource and demand is currently at record levels,” Ms Attridge said.<\/p>\n
“We are asking customers to drop the hose and avoid using sprinklers, particularly for watering lawns. While grass may turn yellow during dry spells, it typically recovers quickly when rain returns.<\/p>\n
“While the vast majority of customers across the country are not seeing any impact to their supply, night-time restrictions are now in place on 25 water supplies, out of more than 700 nationwide, as a precaution.<\/p>\n
“These are mainly affecting parts of Kilkenny, Tipperary, Donegal, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Meath.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Uisce \u00c9ireann has said it is considering nighttime restrictions on water in the Greater Dublin Area if water…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-543459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}