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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 14:35

Green Party councillor Donal Ó Bearra. Yvonne Vaughan.

ENNIS Town Council should supply homes in Ennis with the results of tests carried out on the quality of the town’s water supply.
That’s according Green Party councillor Donal Ó Bearra, who put forward the proposal at yesterday’s meeting of Ennis Town Council.
Cllr Ó Bearra said regular updates should be provided to residents and ratepayers in an effort to restore public confidence in the water supply.
Referring to ongoing debate over the quality of town’s water supply, Cllr Ó Bearra said, “We should not be concerned about putting a positive or a negative spin on this issue. We should be concerned about whether it is accurate or not and whether we can retain the trust of the public in the water supply.
“The figures don’t lie,” he added.
Town Engineer Tom Tiernan said that testing of the water that passes through the Ennis temporary treatment plant, is carried out on a continuous basis.
He said that after periods of heavy rainfall or times of the year when the parasite cryptosporidiosis is more prevalent, testing is more intensive.
Mr Tiernan was responding to issues highlighted in an independent report prepared by water treatment consultant Dr Bill Brignall on the permanent water treatment facility for Ennis.
Hired by the Health Services Executive 12 months ago, Dr Brignal said he outlined serious concerns with the design of the €7.5 million plant.
Mr Tiernan said concerns raised by Dr Brignal including the control of water turbidity and the prevention of access of cryptosporidium to the water supply had been highlighted when the project was first proposed eight years ago.
He said the new plant, which is almost 90 per cent complete, would include new pre-filtration measures to ensure higher water quality.
Re-iterating that a boil notice remains in place for certain sections of the community, Mr Tiernan said, “If the risk to the general public ever increases we will notify them.
“Over the next six months we will end up with a supply that is fully compliant,” said Mr Tiernan.
Fine Gael councillor Johnny Flynn, who tabled a motion requesting a full report on the efficiency and effectiveness of the permanent treatment facility, said the public remains at risk from cryptosporidiosis in the absence of pre-filtration measures at the temporary treatment plant. “The current situation where water is bypassing the filtration system is considered dangerous by the EPA. In the short term we should be looking introducing Ultra Violet filters.”
Mr Tiernan said that the overall quality of the supply has improved, given that prior to June 2006, no filtration measures were in place.

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