A boil water notice has been issued to thirty houses in the Skeheenarinky area following the detection of e.coli contamination in the local water scheme.
The temporary notice was issued on Tuesday evening by South Tipperary County Council on the advice of the HSE.
"e.coli had been detected in a very small area of the scheme. We are continuing to take samples in the area and we will keep people upda
ted," said a County Council spokesperson.
This follows after weeks of complaints about the water quality in the area. The Council spokesman said that up to Tuesday the results from the samples taken did not warrant any action.
Fianna Fail TD Mattie McGrath this week said the only solution to the 'filthy water' problem that residents had to endure for a long time was a new treatement plant.
He accused senior County Council and Department officials of making 'lethargic efforts' to resolve the problems experienced by residents and their failure to make progress on the new Burncourt Water Scheme.
He was very critical of the lack of progress with the proposed new Burncourt Water Scheme.
Substantial funds were first approved by the Department of Environment in 1999, he said. Following his election to the County Council in 1999, and his subsequent election to Dáil Eireann, Deputy McGrath has been pursuing the Burncourt Scheme and is extremely dissatisfied with the lack of progress in moving the scheme forward.
"To make matters worse the Burncourt Rural Water Scheme and the Fethard Rural Water Scheme have been "bundled" together with a total estimated cost of €18 million. I want this situation reversed as both schemes could be progressed faster in their own right," he said.
