Toxins in Cork village’s water

HOUSEHOLDERS in a mid-Cork village have been advised to “run off” tap water to remove excessive build-ups of metals including lead, nickel and cadmium from a drinking supply.

At a county council meeting yesterday, Cllr Michael Creed (FG) was informed pipes serving some houses in the Crookstown area were made of lead and were being corroded by acidic water from local wells.

Assistant county manager Declan Daly said wells serving the houses had very acidic pH levels and they were likely to be causing the corrosion problem on older lead mains pipes in the area.