Irish Water Launch #ConserveWater Campaign

Each day in Ireland, 1.7 billion litres of water is collected, treated and pumped around a vast network of pipes to homes, businesses, hospitals and farms. The treatment process is a lengthy and complex one with seven stages that take up to three days to make untreated water suitable to drink.

As our population grows, Irish Water needs to ensure that we are only abstracting the water we need for homes and businesses while still protecting the environment and this is why water conservation is so important. We also have a serious problem with leakage on our water supply network and Irish Water has a plan to address this.

However, research carried out for Irish Water has revealed that 52% of the public admit to wasting water and 25% of people believe that they don’t need to conserve water because of the level of rainfall in Ireland.

To help raise public awareness and understanding of the need to change these habits, South Dublin County Council is working with Irish Water to promote their recently launched water conservation campaign (#ConserveWater) to encourage the public to use only what they need because of the economic and environmental cost of providing safe clean drinking water and the need to safeguard the supply for the future.

During the 2018 drought, Irish Water’s national and regional water conservation campaign contributed to increased public awareness of the need to conserve water and many people changed their habits as a result. While this year there is no overt crisis, we all still have a responsibility to value and safeguard our water resources for the future and to be mindful of how we use the treated drinking water supply that comes from our taps.

While Ireland is not a water-stressed country, there is a significant economic and environmental cost to collecting, treating and delivering clean safe drinking water to our customers across Ireland.

More information on water conservation can be found at https://www.water.ie/conservation/ or you can follow the campaign on Twitter by using #ConserveWater and following @IrishWater.