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Letting holiday visitors know about boil water notice

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  • 03-05-2016 11:45am
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    iguana
    Registered Users Posts: 12,916 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm on a self catering holiday and arrived on Friday to be told there was a boil water notice in place as the local water supply has been contaminated. And water can't be even used for brushing teeth. I'm very annoyed this we weren't notified in advance about this. When we arrived on Friday we were given the impression that the boil notice had just been given but have since found out from locals that the notice has been in place since February, before we booked.

    I feel we should have been told in advance so we could have made arrangement or even not have come. I have low blood pressure and have been hospitalized twice in the last few years when I've had diarrhea. The holiday is in a rural area with a limited bus service that we are reliant on and I'm in sole charge of my 3 year old. I would never have come if I'd known the water was potentially unsafe as I just feel we're too vulnerable. We've spent an absolute fortune on the inflated priced water in the one shop that's available. Do I have any right to complain about not being notified?


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    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    No not really imo.
    A lot of locations have boil water notices. You could ask the owner to give you a discount for being discommoded or ask them to buy the bottled water


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    iguana
    Registered Users Posts: 12,916 ✭✭✭✭iguana


    But surely visitors should be notified in advance of booking? As there is no way I would have deliberately come here if I'd known.


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    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    I don't know the answer. You are still getting the water, it's just you have to boil it.
    Perhaps this should go to legal discussion?


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    Miaireland
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    I doubt they are legally obligated to tell you but I would expect them to do so particularly goven you have a young child.


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    L1011
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    I would expect to be notified or otherwise catered for - when I stayed in Galway for work during the crypto era any hotel I stayed in had bottled water in the rooms and extra available - but I doubt there's any legal requirement. The water is working, basically.


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    iguana
    Registered Users Posts: 12,916 ✭✭✭✭iguana


    Thanks. My little guy and I have both been pretty sick since I posted. I doubt it was the water as I've been extremely vigilant but it did add an extra layer of worry. I'm not sure whether or not I'll complain about it but I've been here 4 times in the last 13 months and had planned to come again later in the year. The way the water situation has been handled has made me reevaluate that.


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