One private water scheme in Kerry failed to meet Trihalomethanes standards last year.
That’s according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s report for 2024 on drinking water quality in private group schemes and small private supplies.
THM is a chemical substance which forms when natural material in the water source, such as vegetation, reacts with chlorine in the disinfection treatment process.
The Tuosist Group Water Supply Scheme was one of 19 private group schemes that failed to meet standards for Trihalomethanes (or THMs) last year.
The EPA report said actions must be taken by private group schemes to achieve THM compliance, including investing in water treatment plant upgrades.
The EPA says funding is available for these actions through the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage.
The EPA’s report only looks at private water supplies which are registered, and therefore monitored by local authorities.
The agency says the total number of small private water supplies remains unknown, as they do not have to be registered.
No private group schemes in Kerry failed to meet E. coli standards last year, according to the report.
