No water tank for Doora school says council

CLARE County Council will not install a water tank in Doora National School despite a claim that the school has been left without water on a number of occasions.
Councillor Sonny Scanlan submitted a motion at the Ennis East Electoral Area meeting held recently requesting an updated position on the Doora water supply, claiming that “Doora School is left without water on numerous occasions”.
In a written response, Eamon O’Dea, senior executive engineer for the Ennis East Electoral Area stated that water pressure in the water main outside Doora School was checked within the last week and “was adequate”.
Doora School is on the Doora water supply network, which is boosted at Clarecastle at the Skehanagh junction.
Mr O’Dea acknowledged that there had been a number of incidents in the last year where supply had been lost to Clarecastle, Doora and surrounding areas and that this was down to watermain fractures.
“After every watermain fracture, it takes about eight to 12 hours for full supply to be resumed to all elements of the Doora network. The council has requested the developer to connect the new 200mm diameter watermain from Kildysart Cross to the church in Clarecastle and this work will be completed in November 2009,” Mr O’Dea said, adding that this connection should ease the problem.
According to Councillor Scanlan, “There has been numerous times that people are without water. During the holidays the water was off four or five times at the school.”
Mr O’Dea said that one of the problems faced by the school relates to water storage. “If they lose the supply, their storage capacity is very light,” Mr O’Dea outlined.
Councillor Scanlan asked if the council would put a water tank into the school and was told that it would not, and that such things were “a matter for the school”.