Works to remove threat to Limerick City's water supply 'behind schedule'

Treatment plant, which provides drinking water to a population of almost 115,000, placed on EPA’s Remedial Action List in September 

The latest audit, which was carried out at the end of February, showed THMs levels monitored so far this year were below the recommended safety limit.

Uisce Éireann has told the State environmental watchdog that it will not meet the target of the end of 2023 for completing upgrade works to remove the threat posed by persistent high levels of chemical compounds in Limerick city’s water supply.

A recent audit of the Limerick City Environs Public Water Supply by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed that the utility company (previously known as Irish Water) had not provided a timeframe for the completion of works to address exceedances of recommended limits for trihalomethanes (THMs) in the supply.