Drop the hosepipe, urges Uisce Éireann

A watering can uses less water.

Uisce Éireann has urged people in the greater Dublin area, which includes Kildare, not to use hosepipes to water their gardens during the current hot spell, writes Brian Byrne. The service says that if water usage continues at current rates, it will be forced to impose nighttime restrictions on supply.

A new record for water usage in the region was set in recent days, with reservoir levels dropping by up to 30 million litres a day.

Across the country, 25 water supplies out of a nationwide total of more than 700 are currently under nighttime restriction. These include parts of Kilkenny, Tipperary, Donegal, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, and Meath.

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