No domestic hosepipe use from tomorrow

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A hosepipe ban will be in place from tomorrow in order to conserve water as the eastern part of Ireland is officially in drought conditions, writes Brian Byrne. Met Eireann has confirmed that May 2020 was the driest since 1850.

The ban will last for six weeks.

The Conservation Order prohibits the use of garden hosepipes and other non-essential uses of water by domestic users and commercial premises for non-commercial activities, for example watering gardens attached to a business premises.

Specifically, prohibited uses include watering a garden, cleaning a private motor-vehicle using a domestic hosepipe, cleaning a private leisure boat, filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool (except when using hand held containers filled directly from a tap), filling or maintaining a domestic pond (excluding fish ponds), filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain (with the exception of such use for commercial purposes), and filling or replenishing an artificial pond, lake or similar application.

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