Overnight water restrictions will come into effect in parts of North Clare tonight.<\/p>\n
Uisce \u00c9ireann says it\u2019s introducing the measure as a result of the increased demand arising from the ongoing warm weather putting pressure on the treatment process.<\/p>\n
From tonight at 10pm until 8am, targeted overnight restrictions will be implemented in the catchment regions of Ennistymon, Lahinch, Liscannor, Doolin, Lisdoonvarna, Fanore, Ballyvaughan, Kilfenora and Kilshanny.<\/p>\n
The water utility says these will remain in place pending a further operational assessment on Monday, July 20th.<\/p>\n
It says the measure is being taken to protect daytime supply for homes and businesses.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s understood it will continue to monitor water levels in Clare and adjust operations daily based on demand, usage and weather condition.<\/p>\n
Uisce \u00c9ireann Operations Manager Darragh Conneely says \u201cnighttime restrictions are being implemented to support treated reservoir recovery and maintain daytime supply\u201d.<\/p>\n
He says \u201cconserving water will help protect resources and maintain supply for all\u201d, while explaining \u201cwhen there is an increase in temperatures, it leads to a rise in demand for water\u201d.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s added \u201cwater is a hugely precious resource, and it is important to conserve water\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overnight water restrictions will come into effect in parts of North Clare tonight. Uisce \u00c9ireann says it\u2019s introducing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[246,61,60,82],"class_list":["post-554037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554037","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=554037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}