Irish Water is focussing on addressing the problem of lead piping in the nation's water system.
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Home owners in Dublin have become the first to receive letters from the utility warning them that their supply may be contaminated with unsafe levels of lead.
Around 26-thousand homes around the country will be sent similar letters in the coming weeks.
Jerry Grant – head of Asset Management at Irish Water – says the issue of lead in the water is not new, they've just collated the information on a national level for the first time.
