EPA: Water quality steadily improving

The Environmental Protection Agency has warned Irish Water it faces a "number of challenges" to provide safe and secure drinking water to the public.

In its annual report, it says water quality has been steadily improving in recent years due to improvements in regulation, monitoring, management and treatment processes. It said overall, water quality compares favourably with that in other European countries.

“Many challenges though still remain to ensure that our good quality waters are adequately protected and poorer quality waters brought up to a good standard,” it said.