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Water Charges

  • 28-06-2010 3:40pm
    #1
    fastrac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭


    Does anybody know if those of us with a private well will be brought into the water tax net by the new legislation proposed by Mr Gormley or is it just treated water that will be metered?


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  • #2
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    How on earth could they justify trying to tax a private well?


  • #3
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    well in UK i think even if you have a private well on your own land you are subject to rates.. I could be wrong but i think thats the case


  • #4
    denis086
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭denis086


    i cant see how they would seeing as we paid for drilling it and is on private land there is no access to the mains around aswell and if they do they can pay for the bill for pumping the water up and drilling for it in the first place and could you not just sink another well elsewhere and use that or in our case where you have 2 one for gravity feed to troughs and another for the milking parlour. anyway the gravity feed is nearly a mile from any electricity source so id like to see them try to meter it plus its a natural spring and the over flow is piped in to a stream so wed be charged for the water that runs into the stream :rolleyes:


  • #5
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    well in UK i think even if you have a private well on your own land you are subject to rates.. I could be wrong but i think thats the case

    I'd be telling them to take a long walk of a short pier at low tide. As Denis said, the land owner has paid for it, not the local council.


  • #6
    Tomjim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,366 ✭✭✭Tomjim


    denis086 wrote: »
    i cant see how they would seeing as we paid for drilling it and is on private land there is no access to the mains around aswell and if they do they can pay for the bill for pumping the water up and drilling for it in the first place and could you not just sink another well elsewhere and use that or in our case where you have 2 one for gravity feed to troughs and another for the milking parlour. anyway the gravity feed is nearly a mile from any electricity source so id like to see them try to meter it plus its a natural spring and the over flow is piped in to a stream so wed be charged for the water that runs into the stream :rolleyes:

    How does the gravity feed work, ie how is it powered


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  • #7
    denis086
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭denis086


    Tomjim wrote: »
    How does the gravity feed work, ie how is it powered
    gravity feed does exactly what it says on the tin, the well is on a high point on the farm and its is just sections of concrete pipe around 2m in dia. its over a naturally occuring spring and theres an outlet below the top of the water level. the water just runs down this pipe the higher the well is above the tap or trough the stronger the feed. we use the well for most of the water troughs, 2 dwelling houses, and taps around the yard and its never ran dry even in the driest of summers
    probably a good example is the water tank in your attic the water is pumped into the storage tank and then feeds all the sinks and showers by gravity


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