Work to start to upgrade Blacklion water supply
Work is to start on Monday to upgrade the water supply in Blacklion, Co Cavan. It will include the replacement of damaged water mains as well as repairs to connections to some houses. More than a kilometre of old pipes will be replaced as well as old and damaged connections,…
SPECIAL REPORT – South Sligo businesses counting the cost of boil water notice
The owners of a hotel in Co Sligo say they may be forced to close because of a boil water notice. Around 13,000 people have been affected in the south and west of the county for over two weeks now. Our reporter Barry Whyte has been to the town to…
Irish Water confirms boil water notice to remain in place
Irish Water has confirmed that a Boil Water notice will remain in place on the Lough Talt water supply. In a statement today, it says that testing and sampling is continuing on the supply. Irish Water says it’s working with the HSE and Sligo County Council to monitor the Lough…
LISTEN: The latest update from Irish Water on Sligo Boil Water Notice
Two weeks of sampling on the Lough Talt Water Supply Scheme is starting today. It’s part of an action plan agreed between Irish Water and the HSE following the issuing of a Boil Water Notice on Monday. That was after the parasite crystosporidium was found in treated water coming from…
Sligo cryptosporidium outbreak could have been avoided
Irish Water says it hopes to be able to resubmit a planning application for a new treatment plant at Lough Talt within the next two months. The provision of a new plant is a key requirement for the scheme that supplies water to people throughout a large area of south…
Cryptosporidium forces HSE and Irish Water to impose boil water notice in Sligo
Irish Water has this evening announced that a boil water notice is in effect for a major scheme supplying a large area throughout south and west Sligo affecting about 13,000 people. The notice is for the Lough Talt Regional Water Supply Scheme and follows the detection of cryptosporidium in treated…
Irish Water works around Sligo town to finish in March
What locals have described as ‘Noisey and Disruptive’ work to replace water pipes in Sligo town is to finish ahead of schedule in March. Irish Water has confirmed today that the pipe-laying work which has been ongoing for well over a year now is nearly finished. The project is currently…