Do Not Consume Notice for Cootehill supply

The notice applies to approximately 2,190 customers supplied by the Cootehill Public Water Supply Scheme.

Following consultation with the Health Service Executive (HSE), Irish Water, working in partnership with Cavan County Council, has issued a Do Not Consume Notice for all consumers on the Cootehill Public Water Supply Scheme.

The decision was taken due to elevated levels of manganese.

The notice applies to approximately 2,190 customers supplied by the Cootehill Public Water Supply Scheme.

“It is especially important that mains drinking water is not given to bottle fed infants,” say Irish Water.

It is the third Do Not Consume Notice issued in as many days after Cavan County Council issued a do not consume notice starting with immediate effect to all consumers of water supplied by the Dernakesh Group Water Supply Scheme.

Earlier in the week a Do Not Consume Notice was issued for customers connected to the supply in Newbliss.

The local authorities says the notices have been issued in the interests of protecting the health of all consumers.

In the case of Cootehill, tankered water will be in place at Darley National School and the White Horse Hotel to provide an alternative water supply to customers.

Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tanker and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure.

For those affected by the Dernakesh notice, an alternative supply is being provided by Dernakesh Group Water Scheme from a tanker at Gallonray House.

Tankered water has also been put in place on Main Street, Newbliss to provide an alternative water supply to customers. Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tanker and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure.