E.coli fears over private water supplies to some schools, nursing homes, and hotels

The water supply to some schools, nursing homes, and hotels are not monitored in any way for E.coli, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency which found the water quality from such sources is “consistently poorer than public water supplies”.

The EPA found nearly one in five people use private water supplies.

But, of the 2,676 private water supplies registered in Ireland, 37% were not monitored at all for E.coli during the 2015 reporting period.