Residents in three housing estates in Cobh in Co Cork will be without mains water for at least six months after high levels of lead were detected in their water supply.
Cork County Council says it cannot afford to replace the pipes until early next year and have installed temporary communal taps in the meantime.
The council says it is waiting on funds as part of the National Mains Rehabilitation Programme.
For the past two weeks residents in the older estates of Belmond Place, Park Terrace and Aileen's Terrace have had to use communal taps.
