Clare County Council today confirmed that the final completion of a €5M Water Scheme contract will be required to provide a long term resolution to the water quality issues experienced in the Ballyvaughan area.
Hugh McGrath, a Senior Engineer with the Water Services Section of Clare County Council, said the new scheme will deliver the required improvements to the quality of water being supplied to consumers in the area.
He explained: “While a degree of reluctance has been expressed by a small number of consumers to embrace the new regional supply, the current issues in Ballyvaughan demonstrate clearly the imperative need for connection to the regional scheme. From the Council’s perspective, as the water authority, we are extremely concerned about these incidents, and are most anxious to get the regional supply connected as soon as possible.”
“We expect this to happen by the end of 2010. In particular we would like to thank the people of Ballyvaughan for their patience to date in delivery of this project”, he added.
A Boil Notice issued this week impacts on a population of over 700 consumers and 15km of public water supply network. It is the second such notice to be issued this year. A notice was in place in June for a weeks’ duration before being lifted on June 24th.
According to Mr. McGrath: “While the Council anticipates that the current notice will remain in place until next week at least, weather patterns and HSE guidance will dictate any status change . Earlier this week we provided a number of tankers but as the status has been downgraded to boil notice these tankers will no longer be necessary.”
Updated advice on steps to take regarding a ‘boil notice’ has been issued through the HSE. Water for consumption should be boiled for 1 minute on a ‘rolling boil’ to ensure thorough sterilisation.
Commenting on the existing supply issues, Mr McGrath stated: “The existing supply at Newtown is not viable long term. The existing borehole water supply is disinfected before being supplied to consumers, but, because of the extreme vulnerability of the source this level of treatment cannot guarantee our ability to consistently supply water that meets the required quality standards.”
“With regard to the current issues we are in liaison with the other statutory bodies, including HSE and EPA, and we are not aware of any health issues relating to the existing supply to date. Ultimately however, we require connection to the regional supply scheme to ensure confidence in our ability to meet our quality requirements into the future, and to mitigate against health issues”, he concluded.
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Hugh McGrath, a Senior Engineer with the Water Services Section of Clare County Council, said the new scheme will deliver the required improvements to the quality of water being supplied to consumers in the area.
He explained: “While a degree of reluctance has been expressed by a small number of consumers to embrace the new regional supply, the current issues in Ballyvaughan demonstrate clearly the imperative need for connection to the regional scheme. From the Council’s perspective, as the water authority, we are extremely concerned about these incidents, and are most anxious to get the regional supply connected as soon as possible.”
“We expect this to happen by the end of 2010. In particular we would like to thank the people of Ballyvaughan for their patience to date in delivery of this project”, he added.
A Boil Notice issued this week impacts on a population of over 700 consumers and 15km of public water supply network. It is the second such notice to be issued this year. A notice was in place in June for a weeks’ duration before being lifted on June 24th.
According to Mr. McGrath: “While the Council anticipates that the current notice will remain in place until next week at least, weather patterns and HSE guidance will dictate any status change . Earlier this week we provided a number of tankers but as the status has been downgraded to boil notice these tankers will no longer be necessary.”
Updated advice on steps to take regarding a ‘boil notice’ has been issued through the HSE. Water for consumption should be boiled for 1 minute on a ‘rolling boil’ to ensure thorough sterilisation.
Commenting on the existing supply issues, Mr McGrath stated: “The existing supply at Newtown is not viable long term. The existing borehole water supply is disinfected before being supplied to consumers, but, because of the extreme vulnerability of the source this level of treatment cannot guarantee our ability to consistently supply water that meets the required quality standards.”
“With regard to the current issues we are in liaison with the other statutory bodies, including HSE and EPA, and we are not aware of any health issues relating to the existing supply to date. Ultimately however, we require connection to the regional supply scheme to ensure confidence in our ability to meet our quality requirements into the future, and to mitigate against health issues”, he concluded.
For further information visit www.clarecoco.ie.
