Galway City Council is set to unveil a scheme to provide householders in the city with bottled water at reduced prices.
The scheme, to be announced tomorrow, will allow residents to purchase bottled water in some city shops at costs fixed below normal retail levels.
The city council has also requested the Department of Social and Family Affairs to initiate a voucher scheme to cater for the bottled water needs of social welfare recipients.
The number of confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis in Galway city and county since the beginning of the year now stands at 179.
The Health Service Executive expects new analysis of confirmed cases of the illness will be available tomorrow.
So far 19 of 24 cases analysed indicate the parasite to be from human, rather than animal, sources.
