Chemicals caused sediment to discolour water on northside of Cork, Irish Water its

Incidents of brown or orange drinking water date to at least early June of this year, when Churchfield residents complained of discoloured water coming from their drinking supply.
Since then, there have been reports of discoloured water from mains supplies in Sunday’s Well, Ballyvolane, the South Douglas Road, Barrack Street, Glanmire, Fair Hill, Blackpool, Wilton, and Shandon.