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Drinking Water Quality

Drinking Water Quality Irish Water plans to write to over 140,000 homes and businesses over the course of the coming weeks to advise of issues that exist with their drinking water. A booklet outlining the issues will be delivered to customers in 16 counties.

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11th October 2018 @ 4:34 PM

Staleen Water Main - Update

Staleen Water Main Update Irish Water have announced that repair work to the burst watermain at Staleen has been completed. The pipeline servicing the Staleen Water Treatment Plant in Donore, Co. Meath burst on Wednesday 30th May causing restricitions to the water supply in Drogheda and East Meath.

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1st June 2018 @ 12:23 PM

Testing your well water after flooding

Private Well Water Testing Following recent heavy rain and snowfall it is very common for surface water to contaminate your well water. If you have noticed any changes to your tap water, it is recommended to test your water to ensure it is safe to drink. Harmfull bacteria including E Coli, Coliforms and Clostridia are present everywhere in the environment but are only dangerous when they enter your drinking water supply. If your well is properly constructed and sealed there is less risk of contamination however an annual water test is advisable.

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20th March 2018 @ 5:53 PM

Boil Water Notice for Wicklow & South Dublin

Updated Friday 2nd February

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2nd February 2018 @ 2:37 PM

Updated Drinking Water Regulations

Updated Drinking Water Regulations The European Union (Drinking Water) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 122 of 2014) have been updated with some changes to the tests required to ensure water is safe to drink. Amendment SI 464:2017 to the drinking water standard now titles the regulation as "The European Union (Drinking Water) (Amendment) Regulations 2017". 

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1st November 2018 @ 12:15 PM

Limit of detection changes

Reporting and Rounding of Final Results To report a final result correctly the level of accuracy being reported has to be defensible so a laboratory has to identify to what level they are confident in the final result e.g. if we report 10.056grm how confident are we that the 5 hundredths of the gram or 6 thousandths of the gram are accurate enough?

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22nd January 2018 @ 10:33 AM

Bacillus and Pseudomonas added to scope

Fitz Scientific have further increased our scope of accreditation to ensure accurate and reliable results on food testing. Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas spp are now among the accredited range of microbial tests we conduct on food and swabs.

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10th January 2018 @ 11:10 AM

Lower limits of detection with new ICP MS

Following the recent installation of a new ICP MS instrument, Fitz Scientific are delighted to offer lower limits of detection on the analysis of many metals. The installation of the Agilent 7900 is in addition to the current operational ICP MS & ICP OES instruments and allows for increased capacity on lab testing.

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16th January 2018 @ 3:17 PM