9am and still no water in Lucan

annamum

So its now 9am and water is still off in Lucan 😡

Wanderer78

This will probably continue to happen in parts of Dublin for the remainder of the restrictions, water systems cannot be accurately timed and controlled.

annamum

Wanderer78 wrote: »

This will probably continue to happen in parts of Dublin for the remainder of the restrictions, water systems cannot be accurately timed and controlled.

It was supposed to be back @ 6am. A 3 hour delay ??

Wanderer78

annamum wrote:

It was supposed to be back @ 6am. A 3 hour delay ??

Yea unfortunately, this will probably happen from time to time, the Dublin region is in desperate need of investment regarding water infrastructure, and I don't see that happening any time soon, sadly this has been known for years. I'd prepare as best you can for future such situations, as frustrating as that is. We re having minor water issues ourselves after the cold spell

Sad Professor

Irish Water have "no reports" despite loads of reports here and on Twitter, etc, but according to an SDCC engineer via councillor Trevor Gilligan on Facebook there's a broken valve in Clondalkin (presumedly from all the opening and closing). They are working on it but it will probably be late morning before it's fixed.

Sleeper12

We can't expect a good water service if we don't pay for it

Irish Water: Siobhan

Hi all,

Thanks for getting in touch.

A fault has occurred with a valve following last night's restrictions, leading to further supply disruptions. We hope to have repairs complete by 2pm today.

This notice is now available to view on our website here.

Kind Regards,
Siobhan

Wanderer78

Sleeper12 wrote: »

We can't expect a good water service if we don't pay for it

we do already, but we have not planned very well for our water needs, this has been in the making for years, if not decades, the fault is from multiple reasons, unfortunately, this will probably get worse before it gets better.  

Sleeper12

Wanderer78 wrote:

we do already, but we have not planned very well for our water needs, this has been in the making for years, if not decades, the fault is from multiple reasons, unfortunately, this will probably get worse before it gets better.

I work in shower repair. I'm in 5 today 8 bathrooms per day. At least one bathroom per day has a tap that won't shut off fully or the cistern overflowing into the toilet. Multiply this by 10s of the thousands homes possibly in the Dublin area alone.

If we don't pay per use people's will continue to waste water. I'm pretty sure that the EU won't accept our new setup as in reality the polluter won't be paying. Charges will be back in a few years. We just need a government that won't make a total bags of it

Wanderer78

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Originally posted by Wanderer78
we do already, but we have not planned very well for our water needs, this has been in the making for years, if not decades, the fault is from multiple reasons, unfortunately, this will probably get worse before it gets better.

I work in shower repair. I'm in 5 today 8 bathrooms per day. At least one bathroom per day has a tap that won't shut off fully or the cistern overflowing into the toilet. Multiply this by 10s of the thousands homes possibly in the Dublin area alone.

If we don't pay per  use people's will continue to waste water. I'm pretty sure that the EU won't accept our new setup as in reality the polluter won't be paying. Charges will be back in a few years. We just need a government that won't make a total bags of it

the polluter pays principle is fundamentally flawed, as it does not include the holistic nature of our environmental issues and how we might address them. it ultimately points the finger at the individual, which within the polluter pays principle, is seen as the main 'polluter', this is not the case in most if not all environmental issues, as they generally tend to be far more complicated than that, including our water issues. 

even though i will agree with you, yes, we should be paying for water on a per usage method, for the reasons in which you outlined,  i can completed understand, and somewhat agree with those that protested against its introduction. we need to rethink how we re going to try deal with these issues, and i do also agree, we need true political leadership to try implement these changes, so that it benefits all but more equally shares the responsibility and ultimately the cost of these changes.