Galway City Drinking Water

yellowellie

I heard from someone who heard from someone who heard on Galway Bay fm that...the water is not fit for drinking today. Can anyone clarify this please?

CrowdedHouse

http://www.galway.ie/en/Services/PublicNotices/TheFile,6109,en.pdf


We're all full of parasites..........

Fracture

Yeah, its all true, none of the pubs or restaurants can use tap water for the next few days. We got a letter today by hand from the Health inspector saying that the water is contaminated with "Cryptosporidium" (Translation = The ****s )
We were also told that our ice machines cannot be used, Warm drinks for all on Paddy's day!

yellowellie

Thanks guys. The water tastes crap at the best of times...

Kazooie

So those Green pints we get on paddy's day won't be a gimmick. hmm, yummy.:D

po0k

So tesco/dunnes will be upping the price of bottled water then yeah?

biko

I heard this today too. Great excuse for beer if I ever heard one

Steyr

Ah doesnt bother me.........I drink Volvic.:D

hairyfairy00

Ah makes sence now, my bf had a bit of a manky stomach for the past 4 days, he drinks about 3-4 ltrs of water a day. That'll teach him for trying to be healthy

PopeBuckfastXVI

This is a joke, they haven't actually found anything in the water, how are they going to be able to give the all clear on this? This could go on for weeks. Our canteen in work isn't even going to be offering lunch today because of this, what a joke of a "city".

Webbs

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote:

This is a joke, they haven't actually found anything in the water, how are they going to be able to give the all clear on this? This could go on for weeks. Our canteen in work isn't even going to be offering lunch today because of this, what a joke of a "city".

Why is it a joke of a city, if I read it right they can't find it in the drinking water but as a precaution they are advising people to boil water.
Just sounds like common sense to me. Or would you rather they didnt issue the warning and you spend two week in bed with the sh**s.
They will test the water for a period of time making sure each test is clear (you cant just do one test and say that its clear!)
Or is this because you are going to have to venture into the big bad world at lunch time for you food!!

PopeBuckfastXVI

It's because according to the press release they have no plans for alternative water supplies or to treat the water at source while they are testing it. There should be backup arrangements in place for a population of 100,000 people, in the event that something like this happens.

This could go on for weeks until an all-clear is given.

And I've already had it, it wasn't nice.

Kanney

Was in CP's last night and they were refusing to give out glasses of water. My friend was dying for one and had to pay 2.40 for it. Scumbags.

kraggy

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote:

This is a joke, they haven't actually found anything in the water, how are they going to be able to give the all clear on this? This could go on for weeks. Our canteen in work isn't even going to be offering lunch today because of this, what a joke of a "city".

If it's such a "joke of a 'city'", why don't you go back to the "GDA" where, by the way, they had to cut off the water for 250,000 just 2 months ago. This was compounded by the fact that they had ONE water truck stationed in Clontarf to serve a whopping 100,000 of those affected.

If it's such a joke here, why don't you go back to the bigger joke that is the "GDA"...

PopeBuckfastXVI

Ammended to joke of a country...

Alessandra

ugghhh i have it. Stomach in bits I was supposed to be going out for the first time in ages too!

All the bottled water was nearly gone from westside dunnes, saw people buying trolleys full, are they going to bathe in it?
Had to end up by the expensive evian...

Can i really not even brush my teeth with it? do ye think that boiling it n kettle is ok?

Jamey

Had two glasses of water with dinner yesterday. Came home and felt awful, had the ****s and really bad headache and was supposed to go out. A lot of bottled stuff gone out of shops around the place...

GerardKeating

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote:

It's because according to the press release they have no plans for alternative water supplies or to treat the water at source while they are testing it. There should be backup arrangements in place for a population of 100,000 people, in the event that something like this happens.

But it's ok after you boil it, so why setup an alternative supply.

PopeBuckfastXVI

Alessandra wrote:

ugghhh i have it. Stomach in bits I was supposed to be going out for the first time in ages too!

All the bottled water was nearly gone from westside dunnes, saw people buying trolleys full, are they going to bathe in it?
Had to end up by the expensive evian...

Can i really not even brush my teeth with it? do ye think that boiling it n kettle is ok?

Boiling it in the kettle should be fine.

Restrict yourself to a diet of white bread, rice crispies/corn flakes, plenty of 7up and probiotic yoghurt. Taking an immuno booster like Actimel should help aswell.

Stay completely away from meat and avoid fibre altogether, avoid dairy as much as possible. Don't take diarrhea medicine like immodium, this will prolong the infection. You can take motillium which may relieve the cramps (it didn't work too well for me though).

If it's any help psychologically when you are getting cramps remember that this is a sign of your body fighting the infection.

Apart from that stay in bed as much as you can, and get plenty of rest.

I hope you get over it quickly.

EDIT: forgot that plain biscuits are ok too. if it lasts longer than 10 days consult your doctor. That's what the doctor told me about it, so I've just saved you 50 bucks

danniemcq

boil cool drink

kills everything

DON'T EVEN WASH VEG IN IT THAT GETS NASTY TOO (damn spanish water taught my cousins that!)

oneofakind32

All of the cafes on the NUIG campus are closed today and the water fountin in the library has been turned off. Thank god im going home for the weekend,it would want to be sorted by next tuesday

Tar.Aldarion

So this is why my housemate has the ****s for weeks now. Oh baby, he couldn't even sleep or lie on his bed. Nobody was allowed enter his bathroom either. Ah, good ole riverrock for me, as normal.

cornbb

Yeah, I'll second that. Four people (nearly half our workforce) are out sick today... I'm thanking my lucky stars here.

RedPlanet

I had it for about 4 days.
But it didn't materialise as bad as i'm reading.
Just got waves of stomach pains like cramps and a little sick feeling.
Had to use the loo several times a day but never fully had the ****s.
I guess my immune system kicked those parasites arses!
Oh yeah.

smellbreath

You all realise there's no proof that this parasite is in the water right?

Tar.Aldarion

An awful lot of people are getting the ****s etc.
May be something else, but coincidence?

smellbreath

Public health scares like this always get people believing they have the ailment being publicised.

Every time someone has a runny poo in the next two weeks, they're going to think, "oh that's the water bug!"

It's only natural.

Let's see if they find the parasite or not. The decision to tell us no the drink the water seems sound because it's a chance not worth taking, but there is no hard proof that this parasite is in the water system.

RedPlanet

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

An awful lot of people are getting the ****s etc.
May be something else, but coincidence?

Well, i drink quite a bit of water and yes sometimes it's straight from the tap.
At work we have one of those water cooler yokes, that's where i fill up my water bottle everyday x 4.

cornbb

smellbreath wrote:

Let's see if they find the parasite or not. The decision to tell us no the drink the water seems sound because it's a chance not worth taking, but there is no hard proof that this parasite is in the water system.

Its true that there's no hard proof, but the fact that massive amounts of galwegians are being struck down by the same bug would indicate that its highly likely. If it was a virus or summat it surely would have hit the rest of the country by now...

smellbreath

ts true that there's no hard proof, but the fact that massive amounts of galwegians are being struck down by the same bug would indicate that its highly likely. If it was a virus or summat it surely would have hit the rest of the country by now...

Possibly. However, I drink the water all the time too and I've had no problems, which I'm sure is the same for a lot of Galwegians. All I'm saying is there is no hard proof and this is a precaution. A sensible one but that's all.

gaeilgegrinds

I've been very sick all week with this, running to the loo, not pleasant!

Inspector Gadget

I can't remember hearing from so many people who seem to be having these symptoms at the same time (I had a bout of this myself about a fortnight ago, not sure if it's within the timeframe, but it lasted four days and was distinctly unpleasant), so I suspect that it's a real issue of some kind, whether it's in the water or not...

Gadget

yellowellie

Maybe we should all make a stock-pile of toilet roll in case the s**t really hits the fan with this!

extraice

Yes there is ice in the Dew Drop and buskers Browns

It was Brought in from Out side galway Co was chatting to Staff there to day in the 2 places so we know what bars are going to be Busy to 2Morr
Nice one Lads

galwayrush

Explains why the kids had sore tummies last week,:(

randylonghorn

I can just imagine how many people will be feeling under the weather on Sunday, and blaming it on the water / ice!

leeroybrown

Cryptosporidiosis has a tendency to break out around lambing season. The heavy rainfall probably helped to get the parasite into the water system.

the-furbo

Ah the joys of living in the sticks...nuthin but fresh water straight from the bog

toxick

its a bug going around galway, yes maybe its not due to the water, but with such an outbreak they didnt want to take chance... had it for the last few days, getting better now. but was nasty.

hairyfairy00

Ya can just imagine the chaos....all the supermarkets running out of bottled water and bog roll. Better hold on to the daily news papers as back up just incase

Redhairedguy

I just got back from France last night... to this!

Oh joy of joys... I love Ireland!

ZorbaTehZ

Strange - whenever I think about/talk about this water problem (like reading this thread) I get bad cramps in my stomach.

galah

btw, I read somewhere that the actual sh*ts break out two weeks after infection with this parasite - so in most cases, those boil the water measurements are way too late...

Don't drink tap water here anyway (way too much chlorine...), but it is a touch inconvenient having to boil water to brush your teeth...(and it kills me having to give the cats the expensive bottled water as well (they won't touch the boiled stuff...*aargh*)

Ah well...

DRakE

SyxPak wrote:

So tesco/dunnes will be upping the price of bottled water then yeah?

To be fair, the Cellar dropped the price of their bottled water on Paddys night

Theres a few pubs in the Galway area that are rightly screwed as far as I know; if they have washed out their pipes in the past few days with water, they cant serve any pints. So they had to shut down.. can anyone confirm this?

Nothing has been found in the water as such yet. Well, as far as I know. They are doing all of this as a caution. Things might be up and running in the next few days.

Redhairedguy

The parasites name is "Cryptosporidium"

Strange... I could have sworn I've seen that name before.

Yes, I have in "Destroy All Humans". It's the name of the alien race... Hmmmm....

biko

Intriguing, so far tests have shown nothing wrong with the water.
Can't wait to see what caused my tummy so much problems

triblex

I know some ones drank a lot from taps before they were advised to boil the water and they still alive now, no pains occur.;)
hope the alarm will be abolished soon

danniemcq

hairyfairy00 wrote:

Ya can just imagine the chaos....all the supermarkets running out of bottled water and bog roll. Better hold on to the daily news papers as back up just incase

not a good idea ink stains

Sarky

Neither of my house mates have picked it up, and they've been drinking the tapwater up until now. I doubt it's the water. There are plenty of other illnesses that cause stomach cramps and diarrhoea, Are you sure it's Cryptosporidium?

Either way, boo to feeling like you're getting punched in the stomach repeatedly.

Tar.Aldarion

No, they are just suspecting. It has not been found in the water.
It could be airborne. den den den