Boil water notice lifted for homes and businesses in Tipperary nearly three weeks later

The Boil Water Notice on the Mullenbawn Public Water Supply in Tipperary has been lifted with immediate effect.

Uisce Éireann can confirm that, following consultation with the Health Service Executive, customers on this supply can now resume normal use of their water supply for drinking, food preparation and brushing teeth.

This follows remedial works with consistent satisfactory sampling results.

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The Boil Water Notice was issued on 1 February to protect the health of 1,783 customers due to a mechanical issue with the plant’s disinfection system.

Drinking water experts from Uisce Éireann worked hard to lift the notice for impacted customers as quickly and as safely as possible.

Uisce Éireann’s Pierce Faherty acknowledged the impact of the notice on the community. “Uisce Éireann regrets the inconvenience that the Boil Water Notice had on impacted customers. I would like to thank them for their patience and support while our drinking water experts worked to lift it as quickly as it was safe to do so.

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“I also thank the local political representatives and the media for their assistance in sharing the information during the period of this notice.”

Uisce Éireann would like to remind customers supplied by Tipperary Town’s Cordangan Water Treatment Plant as well as those in Cappaghwhite and the surrounding areas supplied by the Ironmills Water Treatment Plant that the Boil Water Notices in place for each of the supplies will remain in place until further notice.

The Uisce Éireann Customer Contact Centre, open 24/7 on freephone 1800 278 278, is available to answer queries in relation to the lifting of this notice. Further information is available on www.water.ie.