Water infrastructure is under severe pressure

Jimmy Thompson, Chief Curator, at the Water Intake Tower, at the Inniscarra Water Treatment plant.

“And then the snow and Storm Emma came along which was, in some ways, an equally challenging period and now we find ourselves in a drought comparable with, and possibly worse, than 1976.

Cork city is in a better position than many areas but Mr Smyth warns that is no reason for people to ignore the appeals for conservation.