Boil Water Notice remains in place on Mayo island

A BOIL Water Notice remains in place for Inishturk.

The notice was issued a month ago, following mechanical and treatment process issues at the island’s water treatment plant, to protect the health of approximately 40 customers

Uisce Éireann is continuing to work to lift the Boil Water Notice.

Monitoring of the supply is continuing and the notice will be reviewed again in the coming days.

In the meantime, all customers on the Inishturk supply are advised to boil and cool their water before use until further notice.

Uisce Eireann’s Ronan McDonnell thanked the local community for their cooperation and assured them that a team is working to lift the notice as quickly and safely as possible.

He said: “I want to acknowledge the inconvenience that the Boil Water Notice is causing the local community, but public health is Uisce Éireann’s number one priority and this notice is in place to protect the health of locals and visitors to Inishturk.

“Drinking water experts from Uisce Éireann are working, in consultation with the HSE, to implement solutions to lift the notice as quickly and as safely as possible.”