, a mixture of fresh water and foul water which was ‘likely’ to contain urine and faecal matter had filled resident’s toilet bowls on in November 2021.
In an email sent to affected students, UCD Estate Services said that the foul water was due to a"builder who inadvertently connected a foul drain pipe from some toilets to the rainwater harvesting tank for the Studio Residences at the Village. "As a result, the water used for flushing toilets in your studio on the 3rd and 4th November 2021 is likely to have contained trace amounts of foul water content," Estate Services wrote.UCD Estate services warned affected students that although chances of being sick were low, there were still possibilities for infection in the bathroom.
"The volume of foul water that entered the flushing system would have been very low and was substantially diluted by cleaned mains water."However, a range of organisms that can cause illness including gastric problems such as diarrhoea, nausea, and abdominal pain may be present in faecal material and urine and these could have entered the toilet water system.
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