Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 September 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion
Ms Margaret Attridge:
I have an update on the Fedamore boil water notice. Unfortunately, the people of Fedamore have had a boil water notice for a lengthy period. There was an issue with the capacity of the borehole to deliver water to Fedamore. We had to install new infrastructure. The works are now complete. We have drilled a new borehole. That is going through commissioning and will be operational soon. As the Deputy knows, in that area of Limerick, the supply is from groundwater, which is at its lowest at this time of year. We are making sure, before we lift that boil water notice, that the new borehole is resilient. It will be a matter of weeks before that boil water notice is lifted. I know it has been a long time but we are nearly there with the Fedamore solution.
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