… rise again . Just a few weeks ago the depth was around 1.7m at Athlone weir, about 7″ above the navigational minimum. But today the depth is over 2.4m and, with staff gauge zero at 35.360m above Poolbeg datum, the water level is 37.760 m above Poolbeg datum.
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