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So, multiple failures from Irish Water. Well that’s what happens when you set up a company for billing and privatisation rather than a proper state utility
@Peter Hughes: Yep but they won’t because this is ireland. The EU advised our government NOT to install meters until the infrastructure was updated but they ignored that advise. I’d love to which one’s made the decision to meter because they were not acting on the good faith of the citizens of our country.
3. AUDITORS COMMENTS The audit found that Leixlip water treatment plant is generally very well run and operated, however the series of events which occurred from 13/03/19 to 15/03/19 presented a significant risk to the safety of the water supply. Irish Water must ensure that the lessons learned from this incident are acted upon to prevent a reoccurrence, and to ensure the ongoing safety and security of the water supplied by Leixlip water treatment plant, and to protect public health for the significant population served by the plant.
@Tim Pot: IW didn’t test the water after the ‘series of events ‘…why?That is inexcusable!When water was tested giardia was found which is notifiable but water users weren’t told plus because water wasn’t tested by IW water users were also unaware of infected water.This isn’t acceptable!After all this is the second largest water supply in Ireland supplying 600,000 people!
Also IW was to write a Report for EPA within a month ie May(EPA Report published in April)to show how they would remedy the failures listed in EPA Audit findings!So what did Report convey to EPA re actions taken and response?
Excuse me ? This happened in March and the public was not advised until now ? Dangerous Bacteria for people with health problems and excessive aluminium in water to which I’m actually allergic as are many people ? !What the hell is going on ? This is Outrageous . Has this been rectified or has it continued until now meaning they were just caught ?
@Tim Pot: they failed to notify the HSE in March how could the HSE advise us ? They may well be under dangerous levels for people without allergies to it but I can assure you my skin told me differently earlier this year . Ugh
@Tim Pot: they failed to notify the HSE in March how could the HSE advise us ? They may well be under dangerous levels for people without allergies to it but I can assure you my skin told me differently earlier this year . Ugh
@Tim Pot: But IW FAILED to inform HSE of the ‘most SIGNIFICANT’ issue is failures in clostridium and giardia barriers for 8 long hours…..and no tests done on the water despite significant risk of water contamination from either of them….why?
I don’t understand why this wasn’t done by IW especially considering 600,000 people including children, vulnerable people at risk of water contaminated from clostridium or giardia which are both notifiable.
When water later tested giardia present in water.But of course HSE couldn’t notify,tell IW to notify 600,000 people earlier because IW failed to even test for these bugs so HSE didnt know either!
@Tim Pot: By the way,when water tests positive for giardia in March why NO boil notice issued for the 600,000 people supplied, giardia is notifiable not just to the HSE but especially to the consumers of this water supply.?
@Tim Pot: the HSE failed to notify anyone about the aluminium . An audit report in an obscure website is not acceptable . They’re also at fault on this .
They failed to notify the HSE on the bacteria , now – 7 months have passed and suddenly here’s a boil water notice . Is this a new issue or the same issue that was never resolved ?
This is absolutely unacceptable . Elderly people and people with compromised immune systems could have fallen very ill due to sheer criminal & deliberate irresponsibility.
@Joan Murray: The majority of people in Ireland contribute towards the upkeep of our water system. Anyone who pays tax is contributing. First world rates for third world services.
This is nuts and getting worse by the minute. Can’t believe mist of the city has an unsafe water supply, with no end in site and that there isn’t a bigger effort to get this fixed.
It makes great sense to dump treated shit in the Liffey in Naas upstream of Leixlip where our drinking water is then taken from. I live in the affected area and will never trust to drink the water again as its not being treated correctly. Nice to see that a third of my motor tax is squandered!
Here in Roscommon we were on a boil water notice for two years at the very least and hardly no mention of it in the media !!
Enough said !! Just boil the water for a while.
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