Europe’s highest court has ruled that the concentration of certain chemical compounds in Irish drinking water have exceeded European Union safety levels.
The European Court of Justice said that Ireland had failed to meet its obligations under an EU directive on safe drinking water.
According to the court, trihalomethanes (known as THMs) are chemical compounds often found in drinking water, especially in water treatment systems that use chlorine to remove bacteria and contaminants.
They are dangerous to both human health and to the environment, the court said.
Uisce Éireann said it noted the ruling and that it is “determined to address the remaining THM non-compliances effectively”.
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