Uisce Éireann has welcomed the latest Drinking Water Report published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which confirms that Ireland’s public drinking water supplies continue to meet exceptionally high standards, with over 99.8% compliance with microbiological and chemical standards.

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has further extended the precautionary ‘boil water’ notice issued to parts of Rhondda Cynon Taf following flooding at the company’s Tynywaun Water Treatment Works near Treherbert.

South West Water yesterday lifted the boil water notice for a further 731 properties in the Summercombe and Chestnut Drive supply zone – but it still remains in place for another 678 properties on a different part of the network.

Over six weeks since South West Water first issued a Boil Water Notice following a cryptosporidium outbreak which at one stage impacted 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area, the notice still remains in place for a number of customers.

Almost a month after South West Water identified the cryptosporidium in its network and advised 16,000 customers to boil their water before drinking it, the Boil Water Notice still remains in place for over 2000 customers in the Brixham area.

South West Water’s latest update issued yesterday about the recent discovwery of cryptosporidium in its water network says says the boil water notice still remains in place for a number of customers in the Alston and Hillhead area of Brixham.

South West Water has now reduced the number of customers impacted by the boil water notice in the Brixham area after water quality monitoring results confirmed no traces of cryptosporidium in the Alston supply area.

Ministers are receiving regular updates on a Boil Water Notice from South West Water, which is impacting 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area.

South West Water has announced it will be increasing its compensation to customers in Brixham in recognition of the impact to them following the detection of cryptosporidium in the area.

South West Water has issued a Boil Water Notice following the identification of small traces of the cryptosporidium organism identified over the last 24 hours - cryptosporidium can cause sickness and diarrhoea if consumed.