250,000 NI households advised to boil their water

mumoffour77

Hospitals have brought in bottled water for patients, evian!!
Methinks this isnt very MSE......surely they could have went tesco, and got points too:) or sainsburys and got nectar points!!!!
But im glad to see that the hospitals in the affected areas are taking it seriously!!

dmxdave

mumoffour77 wrote: »

Hospitals have brought in bottled water for patients, evian!!
Methinks this isnt very MSE......surely they could have went tesco, and got points too:) or sainsburys and got nectar points!!!!
But im glad to see that the hospitals in the affected areas are taking it seriously!!

Or even Antrim Hills spring water to keep it local?

BTW Don't start me on hospitals wasting money

dmxdave

Relax folks and as James Young said "stop yer fightin'"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7999191.stm

booklover

ok, I cleaned my teeth as usual with water without boiling as we have just returned from New York and were unaware of this situation.

Will we get sick do you think??

many thanks

Fiona

blueberrypie

booklover wrote: »

ok, I cleaned my teeth as usual with water without boiling as we have just returned from New York and were unaware of this situation.

Will we get sick do you think??

No. Further tests have been done and the conclusion is that the water is safe, and was safe throughout yesterday.

The test which triggered the concerns found coliforms, which are bacteria which are all over the place and don't often cause problems - but which are often found alongside other bacteria which *can* cause illness. So they are a sign that the water treatment process might not have been adequate - if they survived, it's possible that other bacteria which are dangerous might also have survived. The later tests were negative, and so it seems that there is nothing to be concerned about.

NI Water erred on the side of caution - and rightly so, IMO. I do feel that their communication of the issue was inadequate, as I've said above, but I do not object at all to the advice they provided in response to the potential problem.

booklover

Thanks a lot blueberrypie for your helpful words. I didn't really think there would be a problem but you never know

Take care

Fiona