Members of Galway City Council tonight voted to provide finds for water filtration systems for 250 houses in the Mervue area where water has been contaminated by lead pollution.
But City Manager Joe McGrath said he would not be able to implement the directive until he had received a consultant’s report and had discussions with the EPA.
He said he would report back to the council on 24 November.
100 residents from Mervue area earlier took part in a demonstration at City Hall.
They said they were appalled at what they see as the lack of urgency in restoring safe drinking water to the area.
For the past seven weeks 250 families have had to take water from 3000 litre containers which have been located around the estate by the city council.
City engineers say it could take up to two years to replace the 3km of lead piping which is causing the problem.
Nora Cahill of the Mervue Senior Citizens Committee says any such delay would be totally unacceptable and they want water filtration systems installed in the 250 houses which were affected by the latest water contamination problem.
Speaking at City Hall tonight, Mervue resident Maureen Gillen said they were having to endure what were little better than third world conditions, taking water from the tankers in appalling weather conditions, and wanted the situation resolved immediately.
