Water pressure cuts continue

Water restrictions continue in Bray for at least another week as there has not been enough rainfall to reverse drought conditions.

The night time water restrictions are in place between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.. They were in force in the greater Dublin area, including Bray and Shankill, from last week. Irish Water said the move was necessary ‘in a bid to protect future water supply for homes and businesses and avoid widespread outages in the autumn’ It said: ‘Irish Water and the local authorities worked through over 800 district meter areas to establish where water supplies can be restricted and for how long while minimising the impact to homes and businesses. This was balanced against how much water can be saved through these restrictions. Areas around major hospitals have been protected and pressure will not be affected in those areas.’

The level 2 restriction will see no day-time restrictions but will result in ‘a reduction in the pressure at night-time to the minimal that is practical for normal pressure to reach the ground floor of a two storey house.