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Is Carlow Tap Water Safe To Drink?

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LAST UPDATED: 12:53 pm, April 8, 2021
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Can You Drink Tap Water in Carlow?

We don't have enough information to make a specific recommendation about the safety of drinking tap water in Carlow, Ireland.

However, based on information from nearby locations, the average water score in Ireland is a out of 100.

Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Carlow.

To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Ireland, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.

Click here to check out the water quality for Ireland

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Would you believe that the tap water in Carlow is just as bad as drinking from a dirty faucet in the UK? The answer is a big ''no''. This area of Ireland is surrounded by Great British territory and benefits from access to world-class river and lake sources. However, over recent years this has all changed and there are major health and safety problems with tap water quality that you need to be aware of.

Tap Water Quality in Carlow has been known to vary considerably over the years and was a major cause of concern for health and environmental groups, when it was discovered that the supply had been coming from waste material from a plastic factory. This resulted in the plant being shut down, which in turn had a serious impact on the quality of tap water available to the people of Carlow. As a result, the government introduced regulations in 2020 which brought an end to the long standing disregard for quality that had been the norm over the previous few decades. Thes

The estimated price of bottled water

$1.43 in USD (1.5-liter)

USER SUBMITTED RATINGS

Carlow tap water
  • Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility 27% Low
  • Water Pollution 36% Low
  • Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility 73% High
  • Water Quality 64% High

The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Carlow, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).

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Reminder

Always take extra precautions, the water may be safe to drink when it leaves the sewage treatment plant but it may pick up pollutants during its way to your tap. We advise that you ask locals or hotel staff about the water quality. Also, note that different cities have different water mineral contents.

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