CONTINUING problems of water pollution in the Connemara village of Roundstone have forced Galway County Council to improve a replacement supply to more than 200 households in the area.
Now the local authority has also had to put in place a relief supply on the smallest of the Man Islands, Inis Oirr, because, as in Roundstone, faecal bacteria in the form of E coli have been found in the local supply after samples were taken by the Western Health Board.
In Roundstone, the council has introduced a mobile tanker which is serving housing estates in addition to two stationary tanks located in the village. These were introduced last week after a number of people complained of being ill after consuming tap water.
The council has declined to indicate the cause of the pollution of the supply which comes from Erulallagh lake.
Local people have claimed, however, that they have been forced to boil water brought in from nearby Ballyconneely as it is not safe to drink.