We’re testing more rigorously and picking up problems...It’s not that water quality is deteriorating,” he told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland. Mr Gleeson also apologised for the “massive impact” and “huge inconvenience” the boil water notice is having on 600,000 people in parts of Dublin, Kildare and Meath. The boil water notice is in place due to problems at the Irish Water Leixlip treatment plant, which supplies a fifth of the daily water demand for the greater Dublin area. An audit of the ‘old’ Leixlip plant will be carried out by the EPA on Friday, the second within two weeks. A purchase order was issued for the ‘old’ plant, but because of the age of the plant, the plan was more complex.

Source: Irish Examiner November 08, 2019 09:49 UTC