10,000 people affected by water restrictions due to heatwave

Ireland is officially basking in a heatwave but as we look for ways to cool off, there's more demand than ever on our water supply.

Irish Water is urging the public to conserve water as reservoir levels have dropped and parts of Leinster are officially in drought.

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Around 10,000 people across the country are currently living with water restrictions.

7,000 of them are in Kilkenny, while Donegal, Galway, Mullingar and Limerick have been identified as areas most at high risk.

Hot, dry weather set to continue according to @MetEireann. Please #ConserveWater where you can at home and at work. See https://t.co/UuDeGOlXSf for tips and advice on how to reduce your water supply #IrishWater https://t.co/iQ29FLpT2h

— Irish Water (@IrishWater) June 27, 2018

Demand in Dublin is now at 615 million litres but the maximum that can be produced is 610 litres.

Irish Water says it's looking at re-configuring the supply in some areas to try to avoid outages.