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Water Restrictions over the next week

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    #32
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    diddlybit wrote: »
    Restrictions coming in at 6 tonight. :(

    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dublin-and-leinster-are-literally-running-out-of-water-senator-warns-29713391.html

    FFS, I'm not even home from work by then. Ridiculous :mad:


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    #33
    diddlybit
    Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭diddlybit


    ibarelycare wrote: »
    FFS, I'm not even home from work by then. Ridiculous :mad:

    It's fairly ridiculous. And apparently when they switch it back on at seven, it can take up to two hours to reach the taps. So it you work nine to five, including commuting time, you only have the water in the tank.


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    #34
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Rightwing wrote: »
    Let's hope they don't get water from the Shannon, they'd wreck the river in under a year the muppets

    Bord na Mona have a project ongoing to do just that!


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    #35
    Myrddin
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    YFlyer wrote: »
    "It's been raining in Ireland for thousands of years,"
    "We've been well able to deal with shortages of water and surpluses of water."

    The third highest paid 'leader' in the EU, & that's the best he could come up with. Astonishing really.


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    #36
    Gatling
    Registered Users Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Anybody else getting this today

    Got a slight smell to it
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    #37
    Sierra Oscar
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    Gatling wrote: »
    Anybody else getting this today

    Got a slight smell to it

    Sean O'Rourke had a restaurant owner on the radio 1 this morning complaining of the same thing.


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    #38
    Myrddin
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    Is it confirmed then for 6pm tonight? There was someone on the radio early this morning saying contrary to rumour, the switch off will be at 8pm...


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    #39
    diddlybit
    Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭diddlybit


    Myrddin wrote: »
    Is it confirmed then for 6pm tonight? There was someone on the radio early this morning saying contrary to rumour, the switch off will be at 8pm...

    No update on Dublun City Council website yet


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    #40
    chinwag
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭chinwag


    Gatling wrote: »
    Anybody else getting this today

    Got a slight smell to it

    http://www.thejournal.ie/water-restrictions-dublin-4-1154241-Oct2013/


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    #41
    Sierra Oscar
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    Myrddin wrote: »
    Is it confirmed then for 6pm tonight? There was someone on the radio early this morning saying contrary to rumour, the switch off will be at 8pm...

    I can't find any confirmation that it will be cut from 6PM tonight, anyone seen an actual statement from the council?


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    #42
    Boulevardier
    Registered Users Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭Boulevardier


    Are we any the wiser yet on what the exact cause is of this problem? I don't buy the "wrong type of water" line. Water is water.

    What, then, is the actual cause of this?


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    #43
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    While we were previously told there was no problem with water quality, now it appears we should be cautious.
    It warned anyone seeing a brown, orange or yellow tinge that it should not be used for drinking or cooking.

    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/dublin-households-warned-do-not-drink-dirty-water-611769.html

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    #44
    SEPT 23 1989
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    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    While we were previously told there was no problem with water quality, now it appears we should be cautious.



    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/dublin-households-warned-do-not-drink-dirty-water-611769.html


    water coming out of the taps in the parents house this morning was dark brown


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    #45
    diddlybit
    Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭diddlybit


    Fingal County Council have just tweeted that the water is goin gof at 8 tonight again. No exact time known though as the pressure is reduced gradually,


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    #46
    Boulevardier
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    What is the exact cause of this problem?


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    #47
    Knob Longman
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    Boulevardier wrote: »
    What is the exact cause of this problem?

    Bog politicians who can't seem to understand that an urban area needs continuation of supply..


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    #48
    markpb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,310 ✭✭✭markpb


    Boulevardier wrote: »
    What is the exact cause of this problem?
    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."

    Take from that what you want.


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    #49
    Boulevardier
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    Thats creepy, especially for the time of year.


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    #50
    tom_k
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    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    I can't find any confirmation that it will be cut from 6PM tonight, anyone seen an actual statement from the council?

    The Independent stated today that according to Dublin City Council the supply could be cut from 6pm today.

    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dublin-and-leinster-are-literally-running-out-of-water-senator-warns-29713391.html

    Dublin CC's own website states that it will be cut from 8pm...


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    #51
    Birneybau
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    Boulevardier wrote: »
    What is the exact cause of this problem?

    In the immortal words of Fr. Jack: "More Water"


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    #52
    unkel
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    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    And we're cut-off again for the last few hours. Dishwasher stopped working. Washing machine stopped working. Kids got sparkling water from a bottle as their night time drink

    In a green clean (environment) country that is very thinly populated and has plenty of rain. Will probably be on the news in other European countries. Pretty embarrassing.

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    #53
    oppenheimer1
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    I'm going to speculate here that the recent very heavy downpours have washed a lot of tannins from the bogs around the reservoir into the lake. DCC have said the problems stem from a change in water quality entering their treatment works. Tannin is extremely difficult to remove from water, and if there are elevated levels beyond the design limits of the system this means that the water has to sit in the tanks for longer to get an acceptable quality.

    If this is the case then unfortunately there is no quick fix. You have to wait for the raw supply water to improve or build a larger works with more treatment beds.

    I have reiterate that I'm only speculating here. Its been disappointing that DCC have not given the public any technical information on what the problem is.


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    #54
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    There's a new reservoir needed, as well as other water infrastructure works. Hopefully this provides the impetus that's needed to begin working on it.


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    #55
    SimonQuinlank
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    Water didn't go off at all last night,but it's been completely off here since 9pm or so.

    Joke of a country,doubt things will improve when the water tax comes in either.

    Wonder how it would affect the Fire Brigade if an apartment block went up or something like that.


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    #56
    kub
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    Guys I feel sorry for you good folk up there in Dublin. Considering that your water is coming from a reservoir with a brand new control room in Ballymore Eustace.

    The problem on the site is not of natures making. It is man made, what you are not been told has a lot to do with a certain trade union.


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    #57
    oppenheimer1
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    kub wrote: »
    Guys I feel sorry for you good folk up there in Dublin. Considering that your water is coming from a reservoir with a brand new control room in Ballymore Eustace.

    The problem on the site is not of natures making. It is man made, what you are not been told has a lot to do with a certain trade union.

    If its a trade union dispute then why are water chemistry experts being brought over from the UK to help out?


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    #58
    kub
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    oppenheimer1 wrote: »
    If its a trade union dispute then why are water chemistry experts being brought over from the UK to help out?

    Did you see these people?


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    #59
    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    kub wrote: »
    Did you see these people?

    Are you seriously suggesting is a conspiracy?

    As a side note production at Balymore Eustace has only fallen by 20% Really shows how close to the edge Dublin is when it comes to water supply.


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    #60
    kub
    Registered Users Posts: 6,546 ✭✭✭kub


    oppenheimer1 wrote: »
    Are you seriously suggesting is a conspiracy?

    As a side note production at Balymore Eustace has only fallen by 20% Really shows how close to the edge Dublin is when it comes to water supply.

    No conspiracy just BS. A new control room which has different operation procedures than the old one and the union are kicking up.
    That is all I can say on the matter I hope that the media can actually discover the real cause of this soon.


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    #61
    oppenheimer1
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    kub wrote: »
    No conspiracy just BS. A new control room which has different operation procedures than the old one and the union are kicking up.
    That is all I can say on the matter I hope that the media can actually discover the real cause of this soon.

    That doesn't make any sense. While there may be a new control room with new procedures if it was a union issue then why would DCC be taking all the flak? If what you're saying is true it would be in DCC's interests to be open about the problem as the union would have zero support in the city.


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