Irish Water to face grilling over discoloured water in Cork city

The utility said it has received around 600 calls about water discolouration since the new water treatment plant on the Lee Road became operational in July

The water treatment plant being constructed last year on the Lee Road. It has been using caustic soda to rebalance the pH of water.

Irish Water is set to be grilled about the quality of drinking water in Cork city after a spate of complaints since it began using caustic soda in its process at the city’s new water treatment plant.

Officials from the utility will be invited to appear before Cork City Council’s environment strategic policy group (SPG) following hundreds of complaints from across the city in recent months about discoloured water flowing from peoples’ taps.