Drinking water concerns - evidence

Some groundwater water supplies in Ireland are vulnerable to contamination. The following links are to some recent research published on Irish wells:

• Hynds et al. A Quantitative Risk Assessment of Verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) in Private Groundwater Sources in the Republic of Ireland. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 2014
• O'Dwyer et al. Microbiological assessment of private groundwater derived potable water supplies in the Mid-West Region of Ireland. Journal of Water and Health, 2014
• Hynds at al.  Groundwater source contamination mechanisms: Physicochemical profile clustering, risk factor analysis and multivariate modelling., Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2014
• Hynds et al. Unregulated private wells in the Republic of Ireland: consumer awareness, source susceptibility and protective actions. Journal of Environmental Management, 2013
• Bacci and Chapman. Microbiological assessment of private drinking water supplies in Co. Cork, Ireland. Journal of Water and Health, 2011