Fingal County Council has issued a warning to residents of a west Dublin apartment development over high levels of copper detected in the water.
Residents in the 100-plus apartment complex at Farmleigh Woods, Castleknock, are being advised not to drink tap water after a pet fish died, and the water tested for high levels of copper.
PJ Howle, director of water services at Fingal County Council
With no problems recorded in the public water supply to the development, Fingal County Council is urging those with medical conditions to contact their doctor.
"It is okay for washing and cooking, but until this problem is identified properly and sorted out people have been advised not to drink the water," said PJ Howle, director of water services.
"The levels of copper which we have in the public water supply are 00.4mgs per litre, and the permitted level is 2mgs per litre. If you were drinking something slightly in excess of that it wouldn't be a major problem."
PA