Uisce Éireann defends hotline for people to report ‘non-essential’ use of water

Margaret Attridge, head of water operations at Uisce Éireann, has defended the introduction of a hotline where people can report incidents of “non-essential” use of water.“We’re providing a hotline because we’re not asking people to confront people. We don’t want to cause any neighbourhood disputes here, people can contact us and we will follow up with individuals,” Attridge told Newstalk Breakfast with Anton Savage. Uisce Éireann is also appealing to people to check for leaks and to refrain from doing activities such as washing their cars or watering their lawns. A six-week hosepipe ban will be introduced for six counties from Thursday, July 16th. The hosepipe ban will apply in Dublin and south Tipperary as well as parts of Kildare, Meath, Wicklow and Wexford. “If people want to find out