Dublin needs new supply source, warns Irish Water
The company yesterday published the findings of its Need Report for the proposed Eastern and Midlands Region Water Supply Project, which found that the expected demand for water in Dublin alone will increase by more than 50% in the next 35 years.
The report states that water-conservation meas-ures and repairs to the leakages across the water supply will not be enough to meet future requirements, and that failure to address the problem “carries a very high risk of increasing outage disruptions, shortages, and ultimately water rationing”.
