Drinking water concerns - evidence

Some groundwater water supplies in Ireland are vulnerable to contamination. The following links are to some recent research published on Irish wells:

Hynds et al. A Quantitative Risk Assessment of Verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) in Private Groundwater Sources in the Republic of Ireland. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 2014
O'Dwyer et al. Microbiological assessment of private groundwater derived potable water supplies in the Mid-West Region of Ireland. Journal of Water and Health, 2014
Hynds at al. Groundwater source contamination mechanisms: Physicochemical profile clustering, risk factor analysis and multivariate modelling., Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2014
Hynds et al. Unregulated private wells in the Republic of Ireland: consumer awareness, source susceptibility and protective actions. Journal of Environmental Management, 2013
Bacci and Chapman. Microbiological assessment of private drinking water supplies in Co. Cork, Ireland. Journal of Water and Health, 2011