{"id":297553,"date":"2018-08-28T15:41:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T14:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=297553"},"modified":"2018-08-28T15:50:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T14:50:38","slug":"irish-water-extends-hosepipe-ban-for-16-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/irish-water-extends-hosepipe-ban-for-16-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Water extends hosepipe ban for 16 counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Water Conservation Order &#8211; otherwise known as the national hosepipe ban &#8211; is to remain in place for 16 counties across the country, Irish Water has announced.<\/p>\n<p>This follows a meeting of the Irish Water board earlier today (Tuesday, August 28) to assess the need to extend the current order, which will expire this Friday, August 31.<\/p>\n<p>The ban has been lifted for the north-west of the country due to increased rainfall and conservation measures over the past two months.<\/p>\n<div class='has-background has-grey-background-color'>However, it remains in place for counties: Dublin; Louth; Meath; Kildare; Kilkenny; Laois; Offaly; Westmeath; Carlow; Wicklow; Wexford; Waterford; Cork; Kerry; Limerick; and Tipperary.<\/div>\n<p>The ban will now remain in place until <strong>Sunday, September 30<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Irish Water, the board considered detailed analysis of drinking water sources, including river flows and lake levels from engineering experts within Irish Water.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from local authorities, including the hydrologist records of OPW (Office of Public Works) and the ESB and future weather forecasts were also considered.<\/p>\n<div class='has-background has-grey-background-color'>According to the state utility body, in the south, the water supply remains very critical &#8211; especially in counties Cork, Limerick and parts of Kerry.<\/div>\n<p>Hydrological reports show water levels to be stable or falling, despite recent rainfall. Irish Water is continuing with emergency measures and very close monitoring and contingency planning, the company added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Water Conservation Order &#8211; otherwise known as the national hosepipe ban &#8211; is to remain in place for 16&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3432,"featured_media":253969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,171],"tags":[1098,937],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297553"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}