Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency

Dr. Michelle Minihan:

That is correct. That is why it is important that the appropriate alarms, response procedures and plant shutdowns are all in place to protect water quality. This is to ensure that even in the unlikely event that those things were to happen, the alarms are there and are responded to when activated, and operators and plant management understand what to do and what it means. It is also to ensure that ultimately, if there is a need to shut down the plant to protect the water supply, such an action is undertaken. It is also to ensure that there is consultation and timely notification to the HSE to protect public health and get a public health message out there, whatever that might be, in such an eventuality.

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