April 16th, 2019 Jana Adamkova moved from the bustling capital city to Kiltegan in rural Co Wicklow with her partner two years ago to escape the busy city life in Dublin and settle into a new life with their young child. However, Adamkova’s more simply country life didn’t last for Read more…
March 20th, 2019 Today is World Water Day to raise awareness of the importance of providing easy access to clean water for all the world’s citizens. Since the day was first celebrated 26 years ago, staggering but incremental progress has been made, fostering optimism in campaigners and consumers. Still, it Read more…
November 21st, 2018 Europe’s intensive agriculture strategy is affecting the EU’s drinking water quality, one of Europe’s leading conservation NGO has said. Birdlife Europe has said that Europe’s Current Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is profit-driven, wasteful and focused on producing large crops while overlooking the safety of the bloc’s freshwater Read more…
October 3rd, 2018 Irish Water is set to write to 140,000 homes and businesses over concerns about drinking water quality over the coming weeks. The concerned supplies are on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) list of 55 ‘at risk’ water supplies across 16 counties where drinking water quality is poor. Read more…
August 22nd, 2018 Bottled water companies are quietly depleting aquifers across the globe. This is the findings of a recent report in Bloomberg that revealed Nestlé, one of the world’s leading bottled water producers, is exploiting economically depressed areas with lax water laws, sucking their aquifers dry, and paying very Read more…
August 1st, 2018 The European Commission has opened an infringement case against Ireland for failure to ensure drinking water for over 500,000 consumers is safe from a chemical linked to cancer and other health issues. Earlier this month, the Commission sent a letter of formal notice to Ireland for failing Read more…
February 12th, 2018 The European Commission has published its proposals to revise the Drinking Water Directive to increase the quality of drinking water and it`s access to European citizens. The proposed legislation would require all EU members to enhance water access to all citizens, which the Commission says will benefit Read more…
