Concerns have been raised over aluminium levels in drinking water being supplied to hundreds of thousands of people in Belfast and Co Down.
Over 200,000 homes are supplied with 140 million litres of water per day from the Drumaroad Water Treatment Works (WTW). But a water watchdog has given the plant until April 2025 to come up to standard after high levels of the chemical element were found at the site.
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council councillors were told this week that the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) had issued the compliance notice for Drumaroad, which treats water from the Silent Valley reservoir.
