Water boiling in Westport?

Leocolceathrar

Anyone have any idea how long this situation will exist?

biko

Background http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/westport-issued-with-boil-water-notice-following-outbreak-1.2202657

One of the country’s top tourist town has been hit with a water crisis with people in Westport in Co Mayo being issued with a boil water notice following a Cryptosporidium outbreak.
Irish Water confirmed in a statement that the notice was issued on Wednesday as a precautionary measure to 6,400 customers in Westport due to eight case of Cryptosporidiosis being reported to the HSE in recent weeks.
“Although water testing has not detected the presence of Cryptosporidium in the supply serving this area, 7 of the 8 cases identified have been in the area serviced by Westport Public Water Scheme,” Irish Water said.

Leocolceathrar

Thanks for that. I am wondering when this will be corrected.Anyone have any ideas.

statto25

It depends on how long it will take to correct the contamination. Williamstown in Galway were put on a 2 year boil notice at the start of the year after a Crypto outbreak in October. Now that period of notice is because they are working on laying pipes to join it to the Lough Mask scheme. The Mayo News reported that they may also join Westport to the Lough Mask scheme in a bid to correct the issue.

Leocolceathrar

Thanks for that informative post statto25.

Anyone know how the local hotels and guesthouses tackle this?

Must be annoying for the tourists.