Drinking Water Quality

At our Water Treatment Facility in Clareville, the drinking water undergoes a treatment and testing process before being pumped to the storage reservoirs at Newcastle. From these reservoirs, it gravitates through a series of strategic trunk mains to Limerick City and into the distribution network of pipes and onto the consumer tap.

Drinking bottled water has become very popular but the water from the tap has to undergo far more stringent tests than bottled water. Tap water supplied by Limerick City Council consistently passes the water standards set by the European Drinking Water Directive of 1998 and must be in compliance with the European Communities (Drinking water) (No 2) Regulations 2007 (S.I 278 of 2007).

Limerick City Council Laboratory staff complete over 25,000 tests per year to look for over fifty different substances. Independent checking of drinking water quality is carried out by the Health Service Executive and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Details of the Water quality results received are attached below.

   EPA Drinking Water Audit Monitoring 2011 (Excel - 35 Kb)
   

   Drinking Water Quality Results (Excel - 134 Kb)
    Results for City Drinking Water 1st Jan 2010 to 31st Dec 2011

   Crypto Results for Treatment Plant & Reservoir (Excel - 63 Kb)
    Results for period 1st Jan 2010 - 31st Oct 2011

   Lead Results for City (Excel - 34 Kb)
    Lead Results for City 1st Jan - 31st Oct 2011

   Information Leaflet on Lead in Drinking Water (PDF - 234 Kb)
    Please refer to information leaflet above for information regarding lead in drinking water

   Locations of Lead connections (PDF - 857 Kb)
    Indicative locations of lead connections as of 2001