Confirmation of incidents at Ballymore Eustace and Gorey was issued on Friday.
Local representatives are to meet Irish Water today over the water problem in Kildare and Wexford.n.
Contaminated water passed through the Ballymore Eustace and Gorey plants.
52 illness cases linked with the Wexford incident - none have been linked with the Kildare incident.
Irish Water's to audit the country's Water Treatment plants due to the controversy, while saying the water is safe to drink.
Councillor in Gorey is Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin - he has questions for the semi-state company this morning
Gorey resident ill for 'ten days' after drinking tainted water https://t.co/DONMiMoNIe
— Irish Examiner (@irishexaminer) September 19, 2021
Councillor Ó Súilleabháin says there must be no repeat of the contamination
The Environment Minister says under-investment in the water system is not a good enough reason for unsafe water to enter the drinking supply.
Minister Eamon Ryan says the water system has been not been properly invested in for decades
800 water treatment plants are to be audited after unsafe drinking water entered the supply last month.
The audit commenced today with the country's 20 largest plants being priortised.
Chair of An Fóram Uisce Professor, Tom Collins, says the delay by Irish Water to inform the EPA and HSE is unacceptable
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