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# Water

This year
2023
Over half of Ireland's waste water discharges still aren't meeting EU standards
The EPA released its Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2022 report today.
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Oct 26th 2023, 12:10 AM
EPA says 'urgent action' is needed to improve quality of drinking water from private supplies
The EPA said urgent action is required to improve the standards.
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Oct 20th 2023, 6:30 AM
Uisce Éireann donates treatment plant to Ukraine that can supply water for 6,200 people daily
The water utility company donated two containerised water treatment plants to the country last year and is now sending another.
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Oct 1st 2023, 3:37 PM
Nearly 500,000 people receive drinking water from 'at-risk' public supplies
A report by
Lauren Boland
The quality of drinking water in Ireland is very high overall but there are several issues for Uisce Éireann to address, says the EPA.
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Aug 1st 2023, 12:05 AM
Department of Agriculture pressured EPA not to release list of farms pumping from rivers
A report by
Eoghan Dalton
The list, which the EPA has refused to release, also contains information on data centres and quarries.
A Social Democrats TD said they were concerned if the Department of Agriculture was 'stymieing' environmental work.
The claim appeared in a ruling in which a decision by the EPA to withhold its water abstraction register for 1,223 locations across the country was overturned.
All locations are abstraction points where water is removed as part of activities related to farming, quarries, data centres and some semi-State bodies.
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Jun 3rd 2023, 12:05 AM
Debunked: WEF hasn’t declared ‘water is not a human right’ or ordered governments to ration it
The World Economic Forum is a regular target of misinformation.
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May 10th 2023, 11:42 AM
Extract: 'There is a legend that all the Irish rivers were created by a single hailstorm'
Ecologist and author, Richard Nairn shares an excerpt from his new book Wild Waters.
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May 8th 2023, 7:00 PM
Burst mains may cause low water pressure or outages in north Dublin
Uisce Éireann said repairs should be completed by 6am tomorrow.
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Apr 10th 2023, 2:40 PM
Water cut off for 350,000 in north Dublin today as new pipeline comes on stream
The disruption will start to ease from 11am, though it could take another 10 hours in some areas for water to return.
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Feb 26th 2023, 7:00 AM
Water to be disrupted for 350,000 in north Dublin on Sunday as new pipeline is hooked up
A new pipeline is being connected to work alongside a crucial existing pipe that dates back to the 1960s.
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Feb 23rd 2023, 3:25 PM
Last year
2022
Eight glasses of water per day may be too much, scientists conclude
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen estimate humans only really need around 1.5 to 1.8 litres per day.
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Nov 24th 2022, 10:25 PM
Water outages in north Dublin expected to continue until this evening
Irish Water and Fingal County Council are working to repair a burst water mains.
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Nov 22nd 2022, 1:33 PM
Irish Water investigates reports of 'earthy' drinking water in Dublin and Wicklow
The utility company said the water is safe to drink.
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Oct 3rd 2022, 5:18 PM
Mississippi declares emergency for state capital as 180k without drinking water
‘The city cannot produce enough water to fight fires, to reliably flush toilets and to meet other critical needs,’ the state governor said.
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Aug 30th 2022, 7:49 PM
West Cork hosepipe ban comes into effect for four weeks
Since midnight, people are not allowed to use their water supply for garden hoses or other non-essential uses
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Aug 30th 2022, 6:00 AM
Concerns raised about length of boil water notices and customer complaints at Irish Water
The Water Advisory Board said that 20 out of the 21 boil water notices in place at the end of March were long-term.
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Aug 16th 2022, 10:23 AM
Irish Water reminds people to conserve water as hot spell continues and supply runs low
Overnight restrictions are in place in parts of West Cork, Kerry and Galway.
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Aug 12th 2022, 7:43 PM
Poll: Have you reduced your water usage recently?
Europe is grappling with water shortages in baking heat.
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Aug 12th 2022, 9:35 AM
More than half of all Irish households admit to wasting water – study
Irish Water commissioned the research as it launches a new tool to help households save water.
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May 9th 2022, 12:05 AM
One in twenty private water supplies were contaminated with E. coli in 2020, EPA says
An Environmental Protection Agency report said the quality of drinking water from private supplies is “not as good as it should be”.
The agency said 20 of the 380 private group schemes, which serve more than 2,900 people, failed to meet the standard relating to E. coli bacteria.
Twenty-two private group schemes also failed to meet the standard for Trihalomethanes (THM).
Over a quarter of small private supplies, serving food businesses, nursing homes, crèches and B&Bs, were not monitored at all in 2020.
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Feb 22nd 2022, 12:05 AM
All time
Over 40,000 people affected by boil water notice in Wexford
The towns of Wexford, Gorey and Enniscorthy have been affected.
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Oct 30th 2021, 3:38 PM
Poll: Are you making an effort to conserve water during this heat wave?
Irish Water has appealed to members of the public in numerous counties to reduce their water usage.
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Jul 23rd 2021, 8:11 AM
Urgent appeals for water conservation made in several counties
Irish Water said the public should conserve water while temperatures increase.
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Updated
Jul 19th 2021, 4:30 PM
Irish Water to introduce water restrictions in parts of Dublin following high demand
Residents in north county Dublin may experience low water pressure or outages today.
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Jul 18th 2021, 12:54 PM
Taoiseach: 'Water charges will not be coming back'
The OECD has suggested the government reconsider the issue of domestic water charges.
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May 11th 2021, 2:01 PM
People in Dublin asked to conserve water and check for leaks ahead of sub-zero temperatures
Irish Water experienced a higher than normal volume of bursts during the cold snap earlier this month.
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Jan 20th 2021, 7:04 PM
People in Dublin asked to conserve water and check for leaks following recent cold snap
Irish Water said there has been a spike in demand in recent days due to sub-zero temperatures.
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Jan 13th 2021, 8:17 AM
'Low levels' of natural substance caused strange taste and smell in Dublin drinking water last month
There were over 450 reports of an unnatural odour or taste coming off water in August.
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Sep 10th 2020, 6:10 AM
Irish Water investigating reports that drinking water in parts of Dublin has a strange taste or smell
Irish Water has insisted that the water is safe to drink, but is investigating reports.
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Aug 13th 2020, 6:15 AM
Irish Water to lift hosepipe ban at 5pm this evening following recent heavy rainfall
The ban was expected to remain in place until 21 July.
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Jul 8th 2020, 3:42 PM
Irish Water reviewing hosepipe ban after recent heavy rainfall
The ban was due to remain in place until 21 July.
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Jul 3rd 2020, 1:11 PM
Poll: Have you reduced the amount of water you use on a daily basis?
A hosepipe ban is in place for the coming weeks.
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Jun 20th 2020, 11:12 AM
Did your local beach get a Blue Flag this year? The list has been announced
Donegal had the most Blue Flags this year.
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Jun 9th 2020, 11:35 AM
Poll: Have you curbed your water use after the hosepipe ban warnings?
Irish Water has been urging people to conserve water.
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Jun 4th 2020, 8:34 AM
People told to not leave tap running or flush wipes down the toilet amid Covid-19 crisis
Irish Water has also advised businesses to make sure there is “no unnecessary use of water” .
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Mar 18th 2020, 3:26 PM
Bacteria and turbidity: Young Scientists develop solution to monitoring private wells
Currently, the EPA recommends that wells are tested once a year, but there is no legal requirement to do so.
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Jan 11th 2020, 11:00 AM
Irish Water appeals for people in Dublin area to conserve water over Christmas as demand peaks
Demand for water in greater Dublin is 10 million litres a day higher than last year, Irish Water said.
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Dec 11th 2019, 10:05 PM
Boil water notice in place for 9,500 people in Cork
The notice is in place for the area supplied by the Whitegate Public Water Supply.
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Nov 27th 2019, 5:54 PM
Roads affected by burst water main in Cork city will be closed for 'at least' one or two days
The water main burst earlier today in the northside of the city.
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Nov 18th 2019, 4:11 PM
Boil water notice for 600,000 people in Dublin, Kildare and Meath lifted with immediate effect
Irish Water said an audit of the plant and satisfactory results of a number of water samples were factors in the decision.
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Nov 12th 2019, 5:08 PM
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