The drinking water at one in 20 hotels, pubs, restaurants, schools and nursing homes that were tested by environment watchdog EPA have been found to contain E.coli.
Meeting E.Coli standards is a basic requirement of safe drinking water in Ireland as it poses a serious risk to people’s health.
But in 2020, the EPA found 49 of the 1,225 small private supplies they monitored were contaminated with the sickness-inducing bacteria as well as 20 of the 380 private group schemes serving more than 2,900 people.
