Race against time to restore city water services

WATER SERVICES in Galway are unlikely to be restored to normal in time for major tourism events taking place in the coming weeks.

The cryptosporidium crisis has forced householders and businesspeople in Galway city to boil all water for human consumption since last March.

However, the decommissioning of the city’s old Terryland treatment plant is still some time away. Engineers have been working flat out to establish a connection with Galway County Council’s Luimnagh water supply, to eliminate the city’s dependence on the Terryland plant, but a June 15 deadline has already been missed.