The water crisis affecting around 600,000 people across Dublin, Kildare, and Meath deepened today, as authorities say that the boil water notice currently enforced might remain in place throughout the upcoming October Bank Holiday.
The areas affected by the notice are: Artane, Ashtown, Balbriggan, Baldoyle, Ballyboghill, Celbridge, Clonee, Clonsilla, Coolock, Coolquoy, Corduff, Darndale, Donabate, Dunboyne, Finglas, Garristown, Glasnevin, Howth, Kilbarrack, Kilclone, Killester, Kinsaley, Leixlip, Lusk, Malahide, Maynooth, Naul, Palmerstown, Poppintree, Ronanstown, Rush, Skerries, St Margaret’s, Straffan, Sutton, and Swords.
It’s also understood that further tests at the Leixlip water treatment plant where the problem began have revealed the presence of pathogenic agents cryptosporidium and giardia. These bacteria can cause gastrointestinal disease which may become severe in people with underlying health conditions.