Sean Murray: We need to stop pouring precious water down the drain

Irish Water is steadily reducing the staggering 38% of water lost in Ireland’s leaky pipe network — and is encouraging households to cut waste too

The average person in Ireland uses 150l of water per day — roughly equivalent of two bathtubs. That quantity can be cut significantly with some small changes in behaviour. Stock picture

May throws up a few days of successive sunshine and, before we can get the covers off the garden furniture, Irish Water rains on our fun.

Launching a new campaign aimed at encouraging people to conserve water, the utility’s regional operations manager, John O’Donoghue took to airwaves at the start of the week warning some of the country’s water supplies are already coming under pressure.