Irish Water to audit all water treatment plants following unsafe water incidents

Irish Water is to conduct an audit of water treatment plants across the country, following two serious incidents where unsafe water entered the public drinking water supply in recent weeks.

A failure at a treatment plant serving Gorey, Co Wexford, resulted in unsafe water leaving the plant over a five day period, which led to 52 confirmed illnesses and a number of hospitalisations.

Minister for Housing and Local Government Darragh O’Brien said the failures were “concerning and unacceptable”.

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