EPA raises concern about health threat from private water supplies
Agency says 88 small private supplies failed to meet E coli bacteria standards
Ringsend plant lacks capacity to treat wastewater to EU standard – EPA
Report on treatment highlights 113 areas urgently needing improvement to prevent pollution
Fifth of drinking water supplies ‘vulnerable to failure’
Number of people threatened by poor water supplies doubles due to issues at Leixlip plant
Removal of lead pipes could take up to 60 years, says EPA
Dublin water supply again on a knife-edge as situation ‘worse than the 2018 drought’
Quality of drinking water from private supplies continues to fall – EPA
Health of one million people in Ireland at risk as water monitoring ‘inadequate’
Raw sewage from 36 areas released into Irish waters daily
Irish Water ‘too slow’ to fix deficiencies in waste treatment
Water plant serving 600,000 not managing contamination, says EPA
Irish Water, council criticised for failure to install shutdown at Leixlip treatment plant
EPA warns of greater risk of cryptosporidium in drinking water
Overall water quality is high but report finds inadequate processes to treat parasite
Five bathing areas still poor, despite overall improvement in Irish waters
Merrion strand risks being declassified as bathing location next year
Farming pollution sees water quality in Ireland deteriorate
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says increased pollution is ‘unacceptable’
Sandymount Strand branded ‘poor’ in Irish bathing waters report
Seven coastal bathing waters ‘vulnerable to pollution’ fail to meet minimum standard
Water quality at five Dublin beaches judged ‘poor’
Beaches fail to meet EU standards due to surface pollution and sewage discharges
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