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06/07/2018
Hosepipe Ban Extended Nationwide
Irish Water's hosepipe ban has been extended nationwide due to supplies remaining dangerously low.
The firm said it could take months for levels in rivers and lakes to return to normal.
Irish Water’s Kate Gannon said: "Our sources are precious; there will be little or no rainfall for the next ten days.
"We want everybody to be more mindful of their usage; we are doing everything we can on the ground to maintain supplies and we would ask everybody across the country to do their part too."
The hosepipe ban applies to all domestic premises. It bans the use of water drawn through a hosepipe “or similar apparatus” for a range of purposes.
These include:
• Watering a garden
• Cleaning a private motor-vehicle using a domestic hosepipe
• Cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe
• Filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool - except when using a watering can
• Filling or maintaining a domestic pond using a hosepipe - excluding fish ponds
• Filling or maintaining a domestic ornamental fountain
• Use of water for filling or replenishing an artificial pond, lake or similar application - - excluding fish ponds.
The firm said it could take months for levels in rivers and lakes to return to normal.
Irish Water’s Kate Gannon said: "Our sources are precious; there will be little or no rainfall for the next ten days.
"We want everybody to be more mindful of their usage; we are doing everything we can on the ground to maintain supplies and we would ask everybody across the country to do their part too."
The hosepipe ban applies to all domestic premises. It bans the use of water drawn through a hosepipe “or similar apparatus” for a range of purposes.
These include:
• Watering a garden
• Cleaning a private motor-vehicle using a domestic hosepipe
• Cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe
• Filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool - except when using a watering can
• Filling or maintaining a domestic pond using a hosepipe - excluding fish ponds
• Filling or maintaining a domestic ornamental fountain
• Use of water for filling or replenishing an artificial pond, lake or similar application - - excluding fish ponds.
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