Wicklow Water Conservation Projects
The County Wicklow Water Conservation Project covers all 32 Public Water Supply Schemes outside the Dublin Region.
Wicklow County Council received an allocation of €2.7 million from the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local
Government to fund the scheme until the end of 2008 and after that WCC must fund the project.
- It commenced in August 2005 with mapping of the networks and installation of new meters. Active leak detection commenced in August 2006.
- A two man leak detection team was set up in August 2006 and following training active leak detection commenced. To date active leak detection
has been carried out on all 32 schemes with approx 700 leaks found and most have been fixed since the team was set up. This has resulted in a
saving of 2670m3/day, which is sufficient water to supply 7000 homes. The team is constantly checking, locating and fixing leaks throughout
the County with a pricing object of minimize wastage of valuable water supplies.
- A study was carried out in County Buildings to examine how much water can be saved by installing urinal controls and push fit taps.
- Work has commenced with the Environmental Awareness Office in educating schools on Water Conservation in the school and in the home.
Demand Management Study
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Saving Water
Wicklow County Council has part funded the Taptips campaign run by Dublin City Council.
You can visit the
taptips site to
learn how to save water in your home, your workplace and in your school.
It is also very interesting to visit sites like
Target140 to see how they are coping with
drought in Queensland, Australia.
Wicklow County Council has undertaken to reduce the water it uses in its main buildings. A water demand report was produced in 2007 and the recommendations have almost all be carried out.
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