Half a million people drink from 'at-risk' public water supplies – EPA

Ireland's EPA also criticised progress to remove lead from water supply networks to protect public health as being 'far too slow'. iStock

Over half a million people in Ireland are drinking from “at-risk” public water supplies while the number of communities under long-term boil water notices has doubled in just a year.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has also criticised progress to remove lead from our supply networks to protect public health as being “far too slow”.