# water - Wednesday 20 January, 2021
# Water
# Water
Irish Water experienced a higher than normal volume of bursts during the cold snap earlier this month.
# water - Wednesday 13 January, 2021
# Water Conservation
# Water Conservation
Irish Water said there has been a spike in demand in recent days due to sub-zero temperatures.
# water - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# 2-Methylisoborneol
# 2-Methylisoborneol
There were over 450 reports of an unnatural odour or taste coming off water in August.
# water - Thursday 13 August, 2020
# Drumcondra
# Drumcondra
Irish Water has insisted that the water is safe to drink, but is investigating reports.
# water - Wednesday 8 July, 2020
# Hosepipe Ban
# Hosepipe Ban
The ban was expected to remain in place until 21 July.
# water - Friday 3 July, 2020
# Water Conservation
# Water Conservation
The ban was due to remain in place until 21 July.
# water - Saturday 20 June, 2020
# Hosepipe Ban
# Hosepipe Ban
A hosepipe ban is in place for the coming weeks.
# water - Tuesday 9 June, 2020
# Blue Flag
# Blue Flag
Donegal had the most Blue Flags this year.
# water - Thursday 4 June, 2020
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
Irish Water has been urging people to conserve water.
# water - Wednesday 18 March, 2020
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
Irish Water has also advised businesses to make sure there is “no unnecessary use of water” .
# water - Saturday 11 January, 2020
# Well Well Well
# Well Well Well
Currently, the EPA recommends that wells are tested once a year, but there is no legal requirement to do so.
# water - Wednesday 11 December, 2019
# Record Levels
# Record Levels
Demand for water in greater Dublin is 10 million litres a day higher than last year, Irish Water said.
# water - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
The notice is in place for the area supplied by the Whitegate Public Water Supply.
# water - Monday 18 November, 2019
# Cathedral Road
# Cathedral Road
The water main burst earlier today in the northside of the city.
# water - Tuesday 12 November, 2019
# Drinking Water
# Drinking Water
Irish Water said an audit of the plant and satisfactory results of a number of water samples were factors in the decision.
# water - Friday 8 November, 2019
# Boil Water Notice
# Boil Water Notice
A boil water notice is currently in place in for areas of Dublin, Meath and Kildare.
# water - Tuesday 5 November, 2019
# Boil Notice
# Boil Notice
The areas impacted are the same as those impacted by a widespread notice a fortnight ago.
# Drinking Water
# Drinking Water
The EPA says the level of treatment at Leixlip is not sufficient to manage the risk posed by the River Liffey source water.
# water - Friday 25 October, 2019
# In The Pipes
# In The Pipes
The EPA, the HSE and Fingal County Council are to meet today as 600,000 people remain affected.
# water - Thursday 24 October, 2019
# Boil Water Notice
# Boil Water Notice
The audit found Irish Water failed to take samples of treated water during the critical period following the incident.
# water - Monday 21 October, 2019
# Celtic Pure
# Celtic Pure
The recall notice said E.coli was an indicator that water is contaminated with faecal material.
# water - Sunday 13 October, 2019
# In The Pipeline
# In The Pipeline
One of the biggest problems with leaks is where to find them – a trained ear to hear a leak is still a commonly used method.
# water - Monday 23 September, 2019
# Courts
# Courts
The company was at the centre of recent product recalls.
# water - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
# Test The Water
# Test The Water
Free testing kits will be sent to people who want to check the quality as part of a European-wide survey.
# water - Tuesday 6 August, 2019
# Water
# Water
Several batches of own-brand supermarket water were recalled in recent weeks due to arsenic levels.
# water - Friday 2 August, 2019
# Food Safety
# Food Safety
Own-brand water from Dunnes, Lidl, Londis, Mace and Spar has been recalled.
# Sewage Spill
# Sewage Spill
Dublin City Council says that the results “significantly exceed the maximum permitted levels for designated bathing waters”.
# water - Tuesday 30 July, 2019
# Oceans
# Oceans
Fionn Ferreira from Cork received a €45,000 bursary.
# water - Monday 22 July, 2019
# Drumcondra Road
# Drumcondra Road
The burst happened on a 600mm diameter water main on the Drumcondra Road at about 7.30am yesterday.
# water - Sunday 21 July, 2019
# Drumcondra Road
# Drumcondra Road
Irish Water and Dublin City Council are working to restore full water pressure in the affected areas.
# water - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
# Ireland's Water
# Ireland's Water
Minister Eoghan Murphy has said a referendum on the topic could be held as early as next year.
# water - Monday 20 May, 2019
# Swim Time
# Swim Time
A total of 88 swimming spots received the accolade this year.
# water - Saturday 2 March, 2019
# Weekend Water
# Weekend Water
Works will be carried out on the trunk water main on the Stillorgan Road, Donnybrook today and tomorrow.
# water - Tuesday 26 February, 2019
# Poolbeg
# Poolbeg
The fault occured at the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant.
# water - Thursday 21 February, 2019
# Recall
# Recall
All batches of the five litre bottles of Still Irish Water are affected.
# water - Sunday 3 February, 2019
# Townsville
# Townsville
Australia’s tropical north typically experiences heavy rains during the monsoon season at this time of the year.
# water - Thursday 31 January, 2019
# Anglesea Road
# Anglesea Road
The burst water main is located on Anglesea Road.
# water - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
# Water
# Water
Irish Water said that it had received reports of water supply issues in areas of Dublin central, Glasnevin and Finglas.
# Critically Low
# Critically Low
Lough Owel, which supplies water to 50,000 homes and businesses, has now reached critically low levels.
# water - Sunday 27 January, 2019
# Water Charges
# Water Charges
This week, the Cabinet approved the introduction of excessive charges for households.
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