Fears over drinking water quality in Cork group water schemes 

Cork County Council environment directorate is urging those served by private water supplies to alert the local authority so it can carry out additional water quality tests

Water supplied by private group schemes could put people’s health at risk as many of them are failing to meet required quality standards. Stock picture

Drinking water supplied by private group schemes in Co Cork could potentially be putting people’s health at risk because many of these schemes are failing to meet required quality standards.

Louis Duffy, the senior official in charge of Cork County Council’s environment directorate, has urged businesses served by private water supplies to alert the local authority so it can carry out additional water quality tests.