Why is our water supply system so precarious?

She believes the scale of the problem and how it has to be addressed needs to be a Government priority.

Resolving Dublin’s water problems is a complex task balancing supply and demand, she admits. “But it’s also about management. What happened in Leixlip should not have happened.” Lead piping excavated from the driveway of a home in Sandymount, Dublin, after it ruptured and caused a leak. Uptake of grants to replace private lead pipes has been low. File photograph: Frank Millerof the Water Forum, a statutory advisory body, acknowledges the progress on compliance but says he has major concerns about the 67 boil-water notices in place nationwide last year. He says 59 of them lasted for more than 30 days, indicating significant investment in infrastructure is needed.

“They have no, or very little, ‘headroom’ for further drinking water production” he says. “Dublin water supply on a knife edge, even where there isn’t a drought.”

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