While most of the country was enjoying the fine weather on May 28th, alarm bells were ringing internally within Irish Water. The national water utility can sustainably supply the greater Dublin area with 582 million litres (m/l) of water a day. The impending hosepipe ban is the result of a “perfect storm” of factors, according to Tom Cuddy, Irish Water’s operations support manager. On April 24th, Irish Water convened its water scarcity group, sometimes internally referred to as the “drought committee”, to begin planning for potential similar measures this summer. However, to keep up with Dublin’s sustained growth long-term Irish Water “need a new source”, he said.

Source: The Irish Times June 06, 2020 02:37 UTC