An article from this weeks Leinster Express by Lynda Kiernan still shows that there are many boil water notices in palce around the country.
Not long to go now before Christmas. Here are our Christmas opening times
The laboratory will be closed on Friday 3rd April and Monday 6th April, but will fully re-open on Tuesday 7th April.
There has been a lot of exposure in the media recently to the concentrations of lead in drinking water supplies in Ireland. Lead can occur naturally but has also been widely used in the manufacture of paint, fuel, food cans and also pipework. The reduction of lead in industry has meant that the majority of lead contamination in drinking water comes from pipework connections and internal plumbing.
The EPA released information yesterday regarding the inspections of wastewater treatment systems (septic tanks) and the format that they will take. They are going to base inspections on a risk nbased approach initially due to the high number of systems.