LEAD DETECTED IN CITY HOMES 5 YEARS AGO

Date Published: 29-Sep-2008

It's been revealed that Galway City Council detected high levels of lead in the water supply of some city homes as far back as 2004.City Officials have suggested that the latest lead contamination crisis in the city is as a result of extra stringent testing of the water since last year's cryptosporidium crisis.However, figures obtained by the Green Party reveal that several houses in the city were found to have massive exceedences of lead in their supplies as far back as five years ago.The revelations come amid further criticism of the City Council as an emergency water supply system set up in Old Mervue after the new broke last week, also proved to be contaminated at the weekend.A second emergency supply of water has now been set up in Mervue, in the form of water tankers with water directly from Terryland water works.Green Party Councillor, Niall Ó Brolcháin told Galway Bay Fm News that the latest lead contamination in the city is not a new phenomenon.