EPA audit uncovers inadequate safety checks in water supply

WATER supplies serving more than 316,000 people are in danger of failing standards designed to minimise traces of two cancer-causing disinfectants.

The Environmental Protection Agency has identified 60 water schemes in 20 different counties which may not be ready for new European regulations governing the use of Bromide and Trihalomethanes.

These standards will apply from December 2008.