Ubbquittious wrote: » Nearly 500L per person? What in the feck are they using it for? Twould be a struggle for me to use that in a week I'd say
Ubbquittious wrote: » The hot snap is in full swing now so soon we'll see some Fianna Gael slutherpus mumbling on the tellybox about how everything would have been so much better had they introduced water charges and privatised everything to Denis O'Brien..
BarryD2 wrote: Water metering with modest charges is a no brainer and the only policy that will rein in excessive use, as in above examples, by the fortuitous people on public water supplies
Ubbquittious wrote: » The hot snap is in full swing now so soon we'll see some Fianna Gael slutherpus mumbling on the tellybox about how everything would have been so much better had they introduced water charges and privatised everything to Denis O'Brien I notice there's a slight drop in pressure from the tap already. Way back in the 90's there was a decent summer and it was almost like Phil Hogan reduced it to a trickle near the end of it.
Graces7 wrote: » LIDL are in big trouble!https://www.todayfm.com/News/Calls-For-Lidl-To-Pull-Paddling-Pools-Amidst-Water-Conservation-Calls
topper75 wrote: » 7,500 litres of treated water just to cool down? Fup off. The Green Party can be right sometimes too you know! I'd readily ban these.
RobertKK wrote: » Yes my well is going dry.
De Bh107355102 wrote: No noticeable drop In pressure while watering the lawn this evening anyway.
weisses wrote: » Oohhh Ireland Going from record after record in regards to rainfall couple of weeks of proper weather and the water runs out :o
Wanderer78 wrote: » With the current treat of privitisation, I'd say this sensible idea is probably a none runner, if this is to be eventually brought in, we d have to get some sort of guarantee of none privitisation
Ubbquittious wrote: » It might not be privatised but you could end up in a situation where the running and maintainence and every other part of the network is outsourced to some DoB-owned contracting firm just like the installing of the meters was. So Irish water might not be private but it could consist of one public service guy who just renews a fistfull of contracts with DoB every few years
Subcomandante Marcos wrote: » There's regularly hose pipe band in the UK
Subcomandante Marcos wrote: » Literally happens everywhere. There's regularly hose pipe band in the UK and the rest of Europe during prolonged dry spells.
Wanderer78 wrote: » yea its a messy one alright, we need to create some sort of system that actually works for our needs but is affordable, and is publicly owned, not an easy task though
YFlyer wrote: » You're a ****.
Wanderer78 wrote: » ah its common enough, the whole world struggles with water from time to time, and we re no where near as bad as some countries
Alun wrote: » There's plenty of water in the main reservoirs, the problem is processing capacity in the purification plants that feed the intermediate storage reservoirs.
TheBoyConor wrote: » Maybe you don't know but the vast majority of public works, from water & wastewater network construction & maintenance, gas networks, road building & maintenance is all carried out by private contractors working on behalf of IW, Local authorities, TII or whoever. County council crews barely even fill potholes anymore - it's contracted out. It would be rediculous if Irish Water were actually physically carrying out the works to put pipes in the ground and build plants. They are asset managers and they don't have the specialist design capability to design these things in house nor the skills or equipment necessary to construct anything. The fact that you don't know this just shows that you know nothing about Irish Water or about public works in general.
