Irish Water cannot give timescale for lifting of Lough Talt Boil Water Notice
Irish Water have said that a boil water notice in South Sligo may remain in place until the Lough Talt treatment plant is upgraded. A boil water notice, affecting 13,000 customers on the Lough Talt water supply, is now entering its fourth month. The bacteria cryptosporidium was detected in the…
FF leader says permission for South Sligo treatment plant must be ‘fast tracked’
The Fianna Fail leader says planning permission has to be granted immediately for a new waste water treatment plant at Lough Talt in South Sligo. The bacteria cryptosporidium was detected in the Lough Talt water supply last month, and in the latest round of sampling another six cases have been…
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…
Scanlon: Snails should not take preference over public health
A Sligo Leitrim TD says it’s time to put people before protected snails. It’s understood the presence of such a special snail was one of the reasons why the initial plans for an interim water treatment at Lough Talt in county Sligo were turned down by An Bord Pleanala. Lough…
McLoughlin wants temporary treatment plant at Lough Talt
A Sligo/Leitrim TD is calling for a temporary water treatment plant to be installed at Lough Talt in West Sligo in order to guarantee safe drinking water for local communities. Fine Gael’s Tony McLoughlin says the current plant poses a risk to public health. Sligo County Council has recently refused…