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Plenty of Floods Yet No Water

In common with the rest of the country Mullinahone has been deluged with extremely heavy rainfall since the beginning of the month.

On august 15^th between 10am and 10am on August 16^th, 42.3mm of rainfall as recorded locally. Such heavy rainfall could be expected to bring floods but fortunately they turned out to be less serious than those in the past.

In recent times continued heavy rain has caused concern re flooding around the square. The problem seems to be caused by pipes and drains going into the village stream which become backed up with flood waters. About ten years ago a splendid job was carried out cleaning up the village stream. This scheme as set in motion by local people helping themselves.

Later the local authority and government funds chipped in to complete the job. All has worked well until recently when problems began to show up. It now seems that surface water up towards the school has been diverted from its old path towards the river and this causes a problem for those around the square.

One local man on the Ballydonnell road was semi satisfied with flood precautions taken recently. At his own expense running well into four figures he had built up a roadside channel, passing his house to carry the roadside water past his house. At the height of the floods racing past his house the place looked like a kayak racing course.

Not a drop of water came but the same time not a drop of water was coming from his water supply on this stretch of road. It is likely to be a very hot topic in the 2009 local elections. No doubt there are plenty of people in the area who have flood water stories and water famine stories to tell.