Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)
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Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of breaches of the drinking water regulations in relation to group water schemes that occurred nationally in 2010; if he will provide the information on a county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41135/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The most up-to-date information on drinking water quality (including for group water schemes) is contained in the report The Provision and Quality of Drinking Water in Ireland: A Report for the Year 2010 which was published recently by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Report is available on the EPA website and I have also arranged for it to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. The EPA report assesses the safety and security of drinking water supplies based on the results of Water Services Authority monitoring carried out in 2010 and enforcement by the EPA in the same period. Appendix III to the report contains information on the results of all monitoring of the group sector in 2010 and details of any exceedances of the 48 microbiological, chemical and indicator parameters detected as a result of the monitoring.