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Boil water notice issued to county Kilkenny town’s supply

By Kilkenny Now 11th February 2020 0

A boil water notice has been issued on a county Kilkenny water supply that services more than 1250 people. The Ballragget Public Water Supply is currently affected due to inadequate disinfection of the water at the plant. The Health Service Executive, Irish Water and Kilkenny County Council issued a Boil Water Notice for the area […]

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Two Kilkenny water sources supplying 16,000 back on stream after pollutants cleared

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

TWO water sources serving 16,000 people in Kilkenny abandoned last year after dangerously high levels of environmental pollutants were discovered in the water have been restored. The Inistioge and Kilkenny City (Troyswood) water supplies, shutdown when dangerously high levels of trihalomethanes were discovered in the water last July have been given the all-clear by the

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€10m works to improve drinking water in Kilkenny town and village finally complete

By Kilkenny Now 27th January 2020 0

Marathon works to improve the quality of drinking water for up to 4,000 people living in Thomastown and Insitioge have finally been completed. Irish Water, working in partnership with Kilkenny County Council, confirmed it has completed a €10 million investment to provide clean and safe drinking water in the south Kilkenny areas. The upgrade and […]

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Kilkenny households to escape water charges for another year

By Kilkenny Now 2nd January 2020 0

Kilkenny families and householders are to escape water charges for another year after Irish Water announced it has abandoned plans to charge for wastage in 2021. The start date has now been earmarked for 2022, five years since legislation was brought in to allow the introduction of the controversial charge. The scheme has been set […]

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Kilkenny cooks urged not to be ‘a pain in the drain’ this Christmas

By Kilkenny Now 25th December 2019 0

As we prepare for today’s Christmas Day feast, the people of Kilkenny have been urged not to let their festive cooking become a pain in the drain. Clean Coasts and Irish Water  have launched their ‘Think Before You Pour’ Christmas campaign to raise awareness of the damage caused by pouring fats, oils and greases from […]

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UPDATE: 4,600 Kilkenny householders have their water supply restored

By Kilkenny Now 20th December 2019 0

More than 4,600 people in county Kilkenny who were once again facing up to water restrictions just weeks after being told they were lifted will be delighted to hear their supply has been restored. In a statement released this afternoon, Irish Water said: “Irish Water working in partnership with Kilkenny County Council have successfully restored […]

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Relief as 4,600 Kilkenny householders told it’s finally safe to drink from taps again

By Kilkenny Now 2nd December 2019 Post a comment

More than 4,600 people in county Kilkenny have had been told their water is safe to drink again. This morning the Bennetsbridge water supply was removed from the Environmental Protection Agency’s remedial action list. Since the drought associated with the hot summer of 2018 enforced a hosepipe ban, people in Bennetsbridge have had to endure […]

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Plans to transform Kilkenny water treatment sites into regional ‘Sludge-Hubs’

By Kilkenny Now 20th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY IRISH Water is considering controversial plans to use Kilkenny plants as a regional centre to treat waste-water sludge. The State company warned that the amount of sludge created in the treatment process is set to double over the next 20 years. It is now seeking suitable sites to deal with the problem […]

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Worrying levels of pesticides detected in River Nore drinking water

By Kilkenny Now 1st September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Higher than permitted levels of pesticides have been recorded in Kilkenny’s River Nore. Irish Water, working in conjunction with the National Pesticides and Drinking Water Action Group (NPDWAG), is appealing to the farming community, sporting organisations and domestic users to monitor what materials are getting into the county’s river, in an effort

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Two Kilkenny water sources abandoned, 16,000 exposed to dangerous pollutants

By Kilkenny Now 10th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TWO water sources in Kilkenny had to be abandoned after dangerously high levels of environmental pollutants were discovered in the water. Dangerously high levels of trihalomethanes were recorded at Kilkenny City’s Radestown Water supply and Inistioge (pictured above) from where 16,000 local residents get their drinking supplies. Trihalomethanes occur when