Limerick County Council Lifts Unfit Water Notice Issued Following Heavy Rainfall

Limerick County Council, following consultation with the Health Service Executive, has today removed an unfit water notice on the Rockhill Water Supply Scheme in County Limerick.

[ClickPress, Fri Aug 15 2008] The notice was put in place last evening following recent heavy rainfall, which resulted in elevated levels of nitrate being detected in the water supply.

Extensive testing by the local authority's Environmental Laboratory staff has shown that these levels of nitrate have subsided and that the water being produced at the Rockhill Water Treatment Plant meets the drinking water standards.

According to Paul Crowe, Director of Services Transportation & Water Services, Limerick County Council, 'The introduction of an unfit notice was deemed a necessary precautionary measure to ensure that public health was not put at risk. Limerick County Council’s Environmental Laboratory staff will continue to monitor the water supply to ensure the continued quality of the water being produced at Rockhill. Limerick County Council would like to thank the public for their support.’

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