Muir says tap water for 60% of Derry taken downstream of Mobuoy dump is rigorously tested for safety - video Dailymotion

Muir says tap water for 60% of Derry taken downstream of Mobuoy dump is rigorously tested for safety

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00:00Can I ask the Minister what steps are being taken in relation to the safety of drinking water?

00:07I thank the Member for her question. The safety of drinking water is something of

00:12paramount importance, and I think it is an important question that you have asked. Safeguarding public

00:16health, ensuring safe drinking water and reducing the environmental impact of this crime are

00:21paramount. My Department is committed to protecting the water quality of the River

00:25Fawn in partnership with Northern Ireland Water to safeguard drinking water in the north-west.

00:30My officials have put in place a comprehensive environmental monitoring programme at the

00:34Mabui site. This includes site and riverbank inspections, detailed monitoring using

00:40international quality standards of on-site groundwater and surface water, together with

00:45daily laboratory testing of water quality at the Northern Ireland Water drinking water

00:49abstraction point. Northern Ireland Water monitors water abstracted from the River Fawn,

00:54water at various stages of treatment and final water supplied from the Kilmarney Water Treatment

00:59Works. Monitoring data is shared and interpreted by both NEA and Northern Ireland Water.