# water - Yesterday’s News
The aim would be to retain public ownership of any company charged with responsibility for the supply of water services
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# water - Saturday 27 October, 2018
On average, every person in the EU consumes up to 106 litres of bottled water every year.
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# water - Friday 28 September, 2018
The utility warned that fines may still be issued over the flouting of the restrictions.
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# water - Thursday 13 September, 2018
A report on the issue will be launched today at a conference called How (Not) To Do Public Policy.
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# water - Tuesday 28 August, 2018
The Greater Dublin area could face “historic low levels” of water going into winter, the company warned.
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# water - Saturday 18 August, 2018
While the country faced water restrictions, 50% of water was leaking in some Irish Water schemes.
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# water - Tuesday 7 August, 2018
The Poulaphuca Reservoir previously had enough water for 150 days.
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# water - Monday 6 August, 2018
Earlier this year Irish Water was fined for delays in carrying out work at six water treatment plans in Donegal to reduce levels.
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# water - Friday 27 July, 2018
The most severe conditions continue to be in the east and south of the country.
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# water - Wednesday 25 July, 2018
The discovery has led to the eternal question to be asked once more – could there be life on Mars?
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# water - Sunday 22 July, 2018
Trade groups believe a European proposal will unfairly burden businesses.
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# water - Saturday 21 July, 2018
A group of young people were spotted jumping from a bridge in Dublin’s docklands into the Royal Canal.
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# water - Sunday 15 July, 2018
Surfaces tend to be greasy and slippery after long dry spells – so let’s be careful out there.
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# water - Friday 13 July, 2018
Met Éireann has said there will be small amounts of rainfall at times over the coming days.
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# water - Friday 6 July, 2018
Some 81 water schemes are at risk of drought and water restrictions are in place in a further 27 locations.
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The national hosepipe ban has started.
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# water - Thursday 5 July, 2018
It took just two hours.
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# water - Wednesday 4 July, 2018
There has been little or no rain over the last 30 days.
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“It was the same problem last year – one morning you’d have water, the next day you wouldn’t.”
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Irish Water is appealing to the public to conserve water where possible.
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# water - Tuesday 3 July, 2018
Those found in breach of the hosepipe ban could face a fine of €125.
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Dublin is under a hosepipe ban.
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# water - Monday 2 July, 2018
The burst main is part of the water supply scheme from Killarney to Tralee.
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A hosepipe ban is now in operation in the Greater Dublin Area.
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Anyone found in breach of the ban could potentially face a fine of €125.
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# water - Friday 29 June, 2018
In a statement, the company said the announcements would be made “shortly”.
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# water - Thursday 28 June, 2018
Irish Water has asked the public to conserve water where possible during the hot weather.
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# water - Wednesday 27 June, 2018
Overnight restrictions have been put in place in some areas of Longford.
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# water - Tuesday 26 June, 2018
Have you braved your local swimming spot yet?
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# water - Monday 25 June, 2018
This week homeless charity ICHH are supplying water and sunscreen to homeless people in need in Dublin
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# water - Saturday 23 June, 2018
Met Éireann has said that this weekend will see temperatures hit as high as 25 degrees.
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# water - Wednesday 13 June, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annual report for last year found that in general quality of the public drinking supply remained high.
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# water - Monday 11 June, 2018
By Friday there was only enough spare capacity in Dublin “to fill the bottom half of Liberty Hall”.
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In general, long spells of dry and warm weather can affect water supply in many areas.
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# water - Sunday 10 June, 2018
There are tense scenes on a daily basis as temperatures soar and India experiences water shortages.
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# water - Thursday 31 May, 2018
Households in affected areas have been asked to conserve water.
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# water - Wednesday 23 May, 2018
The high levels are linked to runoffs from recent rainfall.
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# water - Wednesday 16 May, 2018
Seven coastal bathing waters have failed to meet the minimum standard.
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# water - Tuesday 15 May, 2018
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# water - Saturday 5 May, 2018
Irish waters rarely exceed 15C according to the RNLI and the Irish Coast Guard.
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Rain and drizzle this morning
Max: 5 °C
Min: 4 °C
Mostly cloudy and chilly
Max: 7 °C
Min: 4 °C
Rather cloudy with a couple of showers
Max: 8 °C
Min: 6 °C
