Water to be turned off in Dublin from tonight

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[broken link removed] engineer [broken link removed] said a lot of people will have no water between 8pm to 7am for the next five days.

Households and businesses in Fingal, South Dublin county, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Dublin city council areas, well as parts of Kildare and Wicklow, face restrictions, he said.
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So what is the strategy?

1) Conserve water as much as possible.
2) Fill up a kettle or two of drinking water from the cold tap before 8 pm.
3) If want to drink from the hot tap, boil it first


It's not clear to me if there is a problem during the day. Should we be particularly careful about water at all times or just during the night?
 
The local authorities are asking all householders to be conservative about water use at all times; especially since the production problems at the Ballymore Eustace plant occured. I think a reduction in water usage during the day will help.
 
What does this mean for use of showers during the shutdown hours? I'd imagine there are lots of long-distance commuters getting showered before 7am. Is it just a matter of making sure it's a quick shower, or even a navy shower?
 
A quick shower should be no problem as your storage tank should be enough for a few quick showers and a few toilet flushes.

Brendan
 
Brendan Burgess said:
Irish Times

So what is the strategy?

1) Conserve water as much as possible.
2) Fill up a kettle or two of drinking water from the cold tap before 8 pm.
3) If want to drink from the hot tap, boil it first

It's not clear to me if there is a problem during the day. Should we be particularly careful about water at all times or just during the night?
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I would never drink water from the hot tap, no matter how much you boil it.

Have a look sometime in tank in your attic and you'll see what I mean.
 
Have a look at the bottom of the reservoir where your drinking water comes from
 
You really should not drink water from the hot tap.

Microbes flourish at higher temperatures. Residual chlorine in your water is less effective at killing bugs at higher temperatures,
Warmer water picks up copper and lead from old plumbing systems (and boiling only serves to concentrate these elements)

Best stick to your Moms advice and never ever drink water from the hot water tap

When I was growing up we had three taps a hot a cold and a drinking water tap.

Does anyone know the nature of the "production problems" faced by the water producers? Dublin city Engineer was very coy about it this morning.
 
Hi,

Is it just me, or are we having more and more water problems in recent years, then we did up to say 3-4 years ago and prior to that ?

It strikes me that at least once a year, we've a problem of some sort which results in water shortages ... and yet, we live in a country where rain is a plenty, we have rivers running throughout the lad etc.

How difficult can it be to fix the damaged pipes or lay new ones to connect various parts of the country, dig more reservoirs and manage the threatment of water properly ? Sure this costs money, but am I the only one who thinks this is an essential requirement and thats before I mention the intention to start charging us all for the privilage of water supply to our homes.

Ultimately, you have to love the irony I suppose ... we're all about to be charged for the supply of water, just as it seems that water can't be supplied (properly) anymore.
 
ajapale said:
Microbes flourish at higher temperatures. Residual chlorine in your water is less effective at killing bugs at higher temperatures,
Warmer water picks up copper and lead from old plumbing systems (and boiling only serves to concentrate these elements)
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That's what i wanted to say but the words just wouldn't come out in the right order. :D

I have mains water feeding into the cold tap in the bathroom.

Not sure if this is normal?
 
I must say that I hate the sound of the water tank in the attic filling up in the morning after the water has been switched off.
We had a problem with the Stillorgan water reservoir earlier on in the year due to some sort of algae growing there. At the time you could taste the chlorine in the water.
Reminds me of the time my wife was having a whiskey in the Radisson St. Helens with a drop of water. It stank of chlorine.....and it wasn't cheap!
 
Mine would be a house built in the 50's or 60's.

What is the reasoning behind not allowing mains into a bathroom?
 
pudds said:
Its ok to use the hot tap water for cleaning your teeth as your just rinsing your mouth out and not drinking it.
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You don't need to do this: just use the cold tap as normal. This **should** be fed from a tank, unlike a kitchen tap (which is fed directly from mains).

The tank should have enough for 24 hours supply, so normal bathroom use should not be a problem, even if the mains supply is off all night.

Like others, I would not drink or even rinse with water from the hot tap.
 
ajapale said:
Does anyone know the nature of the "production problems" faced by the water producers? Dublin city Engineer was very coy about it this morning.
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Has DCC Chief Engineer been more forthcoming about the nature of the "production problems" over the last few days?
 
ajapale said:
Has DCC Chief Engineer been more forthcoming about the nature of the "production problems" over the last few days?
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I'll dig up the link but IIRC he said there was a problem cleaning the water properly and they're not sure why. He insisted it was still within legal tolerances and being monitored by the EPA.

Council engineers are still investigating the cause, but believe the recent heavy rain has made the reservoir water more difficult to treat at the plant. A council spokesperson said that although the incoming water is still of a satisfactory quality, its constituent characteristics have changed. The council said the quality of water being supplied to homes has not been compromised.

Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Dublin City Engineer Michael Phillips said: "The characteristics of water change from season to season, they normally operate within a certain band. We haven't experienced this, in this plant, over the past 20 years. "So whether it's due to the weather or the climate we do not know."
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