{"id":706457,"date":"2026-07-23T04:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/706457\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T04:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:19:08","slug":"hosepipe-ban-across-republic-of-ireland-but-ni-avoids-same-precaution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/706457\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosepipe ban across Republic of Ireland but NI avoids same precaution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile NI Water said while it was not considering a hosepipe ban it encouraged everyone to &#8220;keep up their water-saving efforts as demand remains much higher than normal during the warm weather&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson said it continues to monitor reservoir levels, which remain at a &#8220;reasonable position for this time of year&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">NI Water&#8217;s head of water, Paul Bryce said: &#8220;While we are not currently considering a hosepipe ban, we cannot take our water supply for granted. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We would encourage everyone to continue taking simple steps to reduce water use while the warm weather continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Every drop counts. By continuing to use water wisely, customers can help reduce pressure on the network and help ensure water continues to be available for everyone who needs it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The company also reminded the public to stay safe around reservoirs during the warm weather as they can be extremely cold, deep and dangerous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meanwhile NI Water said while it was not considering a hosepipe ban it encouraged everyone to &#8220;keep up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-706457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}