It says firms with a private well aren't being checked.
There's a potential risk to public health from unmonitored private drinking water supplies.
Today's EPA report shows an increase in 2023 in the number of private group schemes with E. coli failures.
One in twenty of these water providers failed to meet E. coli standards.
The EPA is urging local authorities to take proactive steps to register all private supplies in their area, with Westmeath and Offaly among the County Councils with less than 40 Small Private Supplies registered.
Environmental Protection Agency Programme Manager Noel Byrne says firms with a private well aren't being checked, causing a risk:
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