THE Water Conservation Order is to be lifted in Clare following increased rainfall and improved water availability, according to Uisce Éireann. The nationwide order, introduced on July 24 following a prolonged period of hot and dry weather, high water use and increasing pressure on public water supplies, is due to expire at 11.59pm on Wednesday, …
*Photo: Uisce Éireann UISCE Éireann is urging people in Clare to continue conserving water as supplies remain under pressure amid ongoing warm and dry conditions. Water supplies are being closely monitored in the county, with tankering operations ongoing in Carran and Crusheen. A nationwide Water Conservation Order remains in place until August 26 following a …
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*A formal objection has been lodged by councillors. EAST CLARE councillors have formally objected to plans to extract water from the River Shannon to pipe Dublin’s leaking water network and have received the backing of fellow councillors from across the county for their stance.
*Photograph: Paul Corey WASTEWATER capacity exists in Ennis and the town is not closed for business when it comes to development, a senior official in Clare County Council has stressed.
*Impact to the Kilkee Cliff Walk has been flagged as a concern by locals. UISCE ÉIREANN’s proposals for a wastewater treatment plant in Kilkee “will be out of date before it is built,” one of the country’s most prominent chartered civil engineers has said.
*Cathal O’Loughlin with a sample of the water after returning to the system. BUSINESSES in Miltown Malbay are at their wits end over continued water outages in the town.
*Eddie Keane. UISCE ÉIREANN have come under fire for failing to meet businesses in Miltown Malbay over persistent issues to the water network in the locality.
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis AN EMERGENCY MEETING with Uisce Éireann has been requested by councillors in West Clare following a second water outage in Miltown Malbay.
Water supply has returned to the majority of customers in West Clare following a burst to a water main yesterday. Uisce Éireann crews were immediately deployed and worked hard to restore normal water supply to impacted customers as quickly as possible in Coore, Miltown Malbay, Spanish Point, Mullagh, Clonadrum, Moloskey, Creegh, Cooraclare and surrounding areas in …
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*Uisce Éireann’s Ennistymon plant. Photograph: John Mangan A SCHOOL-TOUR like trip for elected members of the West Clare Municipal District to wastewater treatment plants in North Clare is on the cards.