Excess levels of chlorine pumped into Dingle reservoir

People living in Dingle in County Kerry were left with a bad taste in their drinking water in January after council staff mistakenly pumped excessive levels of chlorine into the town’s reservoir.

An audit by the Environmental Protection Agency found that up to five times the level of chlorine recommended by the World Health Organisation was poured into Dingle’s drinking water supplies on Jan 12 to address concerns they were inadequately disinfected due to low chlorine levels in the water.