SINN FÉIN MOUNTMELLICK
Damning report by EPA
on Laois CC
Mountmellick Sinn Féin highlighted LCC’S failure to tackle the problems of excessive hardness, lead levels,
discolouration & fluoride in drinking water last year.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in their recent Drinking Water Audit
Report on Laois County Council
stated: “The Council must urgently develop proper countywide systems and
procedures to ensure a reliable delivery of clean and wholesome drinking water
countywide”
The recent 13 page audit details problems such
as:
• A lack of record keeping & knowledge of
drinking water supplies, treatment processes & treatment equipment.
• No
formal raw water monitoring for public supplies.
• No register of water treatment plants dosing the supply with fluoride or procedures
for notifying the
HSE & EPA if dosing is exceeded.
• No
programmes to flush mains pipes or clean reservoirs.
• No programme or identification of areas for the removal
of
lead communication pipes.
No
disinfection equipment register to ensure that consumers receive properly
disinfected water.
On 9 May Brian Stanley TD published the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) (Repeal) Bill 2013 to stop water fluoridation.
Brian Stanley holds a confidential clinic
on the last Saturday of each month at 3.15pm in Mountmellick Town
Hall. Or phone his constituency
office on 05786 62851.
Sinn Féin conducted a survey asking residents
of 150 homes across the town about their drinking water supply. The results were shocking: 96% of
people questioned were very dissatisfied with
complaints of excessive hardness, discolouration & chemical smells from the
water supply.
• Replacement
of household equipment due to limescale:
• 78%
bought 1 or more electric kettles every year.
• 46%
had replaced shower heads or shower systems.
• 37%
bought one or more washing machines / parts last year.
• 16% replaced their dishwashers & many
people no longer use them because of the cost of softeners.
• 64%
of people buy bottled water every week.
• Average cost per week for water is €14.
€728 per year.
• For
larger families the cost is €20 a week. €1,040 per year.
• 19% of people suffer from very dry skin or
eczema which they attribute to showering in hard water.
Sinn Féin Says:
“These
findings confirm what we have been
saying from the outset of this campaign.
People are angry at having to spend so much
on replacing appliances through no fault of
their own. Many people expressed the view that
they are not prepared to pay for water of this
quality.”
on replacing appliances through no fault of
their own. Many people expressed the view that
they are not prepared to pay for water of this
quality.”
Recently Sinn Féin Cllr. Stephen Lynch was successful in getting a motion passed at Mountmellick Town
Council calling for the end of the fluoridation of the public water supply.
To join our campaign contact Stephen Lynch 087 9769595 or
Pat
Geoghegan 087 3109184
To read the full survey results visit: www.williebrockcumannmountmellick.blogspot.com
Sinn Féin Mountmellick-Serving The Community
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