Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022
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Chapter 2 Temporary Abstraction by Irish Water | ||
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Temporary abstraction | ||
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74. (1) Subject to the requirements of this Act and any other enactment, Irish Water may take immediate action to carry out a public abstraction on a temporary basis in order to maintain a supply of public water, where it forms the view that there is an immediate and serious risk to the supply of public water or to human health directly or indirectly resulting from— | ||
(a) prolonged drought, | ||
(b) another severe weather event or a combination of severe weather events, or | ||
(c) damage to any water services infrastructure required for the supply of public water, | ||
(in this Part referred to as a “temporary abstraction”). | ||
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), Irish Water may enter on land and carry out a temporary abstraction and any operations required to carry out the abstraction, including but not limited to the sinking or re-opening of boreholes or abstraction points, replacement or repair of water services infrastructure or installation of temporary water services infrastructure, as are necessary to secure the supply of public water. | ||
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), section 61 (2) shall apply to a temporary abstraction as it applies to a public abstraction. |