High Temperature Warnings and Water Restrictions Introduced Across Country
High Temperature Warnings and Water Restrictions Introduced Across Country
Text: Izzy Copestake
“We have made this decision with horizon scanning looking at the long-term rainfall.”
Ireland’s heat wave is expected to continue at least until the weekend, according to Met Éireann. A yellow warning for high temperatures is currently in place across Kerry, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Mayo and will stay in place until 7am on Wednesday. A separate yellow warning for high temperature will come into effect at midday on Wednesday for all of Munster and Connacht, as well as for Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Cavan and Donegal. This is expected to be in place until 6am on Friday.
A “water-conservation order”, commonly known as a hosepipe ban, has also been introduced in Dublin, south Tipperary, parts of Wicklow, Kildare, Meath and Wexford. This will begin at one minute past midnight on Thursday and will run until August 26th.
“We have made this decision with horizon scanning looking at the long-term rainfall. We don’t see any let-up in the current situation, but we don’t have a drought at the moment. Water usage is greater than capacity.” – Uisce Éireann asset strategy manager Mairéad Conlon
If you live in an area impacted by the hosepipe ban, this means that the use of hosepipes for washing cars and boats, watering gardens, maintaining a domestic pool or paddling pool, domestic ponds (except for fish ponds), ornamental fountains, is banned. The exception to this is where the paddling pool (or similar feature) can be filled using “hand-held containers filled directly from a tap”.
Those who violate the ban could be facing a fine of up to €5,000. However, this specific fine has never been implemented. There will also be a hosepipe ban hotline, where the public can report those violating the ban.
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