LATEST: Uisce Éireann issues major update regarding Boil Water Notice in Tipperary
The Boil Water Notice on Glenary Water Treatment Plant has been lifted
The Boil Water Notice on the Glenary Water Treatment Plant has been lifted with immediate effect.
Uisce Éireann can confirm that, following consultation with the Health Service Executive, customers on this supply can now resume normal use of their water supply.
This follows remedial works with consistent satisfactory sampling results.
The Boil Water Notice was issued on 23 October to protect the health of approximately 11,000 customers due to issues at the plant, while subsequent water quality testing showed the presence of Giardia in the water supply.
The Glenary Water Treatment Plant faced extensive operational issues, as well as a raw water source that is vulnerable to changing weather conditions and is also undergoing significant upgrade works.
These upgrade works are continuing and when complete will address ongoing operational issues that result in interruptions to the water supply while also enhancing the security and resilience of supply for homes and businesses in Clonmel.
Uisce Éireann’s Fionnuala Callery acknowledged the impact of the notice on the community: “Uisce Éireann regrets the inconvenience that the Boil Water Notice had on the customers of the Glenary Water Treatment Plant. I would like to thank them for their patience and support while our drinking water experts worked to lift it as quickly as it was safe to do so.”
Separately works to enable the lifting of the separate Boil Water Notices in place for the Ardfinnan Regional Supply Scheme as well as the Fethard Regional Public Water Supply are currently progressing well.
The Boil Water Notice for the Ardfinnan Regional Supply Scheme was put in place on September 4 due to high turbidity as well as the presence of cryptosporidium in the raw water source, while the boil water notice on the Fethard Regional Public Water Supply was issued on December 18 due to a deterioration in raw water quality entering the plant which affected the treatment process.
Uisce Éireann acknowledge the impact this has had on homes and businesses in the area and would like to assure of both supplies that works to lift the notices are at an advanced stage.
Public health remains Uisce Éireann number one priority, and we will continue to monitor the supplies and will seek to lift the notices as soon as it is safe to do so.
Customers on each of the supplies are advised to continue to boil their water before use until further notice.