tudlytops wrote: » If you have your own water supply ( I have both) you already paying, because you are responsible for all the piping, maintenance, pump, etc.
tudlytops wrote: » First that was a very racist comment and I won't reply the way I would like to, because I won't go that low. But if you have a meter you will pay for what you use only and if it is just you and a bird (lol) you be just fine..
nietzy wrote: » It was meant to be ironic and i was referring to other peoples posts about apartment blocks being charged 1 standard rate average spilt for all residents. And by the way - to the people saying such helpful insights as "welcome to europe ireland" and "this is what happens in europe", congratulations, you've just proven yourself the most ignorant cnuts in this thread. The prices in europe for water charges are due to water shortages. We dont have water shortages in ireland, just shyte infostructure. If we were clever, we could be an exporter of water. Spain and Portugal right now are having problems every summer with their resovoirs. the main point here is, why should anyone pay for something that falls out of the sky freely and is a basic human right?
zootroid wrote: » Well Galway didn't even have clean drinking water a couple of years ago. It's an essential resource, and as such measures should be taken to make sure it's used properly. Yes, its another tax, and as such that's pretty sh*t, but if it will help change people's attitudes, then that can only be a good thing.
CamperMan wrote: » I know that... but what I am asking here will this greedy government stiff me in water charges?
murphaph wrote: » My water is metered here and so I watch it carefully. It's a precious and expensive resource. However, the priority should be to upgrade the various networks and reduce leaks to a tolerable level. Until that's done there's not much point in metering if the intention is to reduce waste, as a good quarter already just leaks out of the system.
tudlytops wrote: » Hopefully not, like any other service you don't pay you get cut off, otherwise what is the point.
ardmacha wrote: » Water does fall out of the sky and anyone who objects to these charges can set up a tank and catch it and avoid the charges. But if you expect someone to build a reservoir, with pumps etc and filtrate the water and pipe it to your house then this does cost money. Apples grow wild on trees but if you expect apples in boxes you haveto pay for them.
nietzy wrote: » Are you serious? Your comparing an agricultural product to an infinite resource? If you think its that simple, why not go down to an orchard now, pick a few baskets of apples and then go sell them to superquinn? that'll be a few extra quid in your pocket man, you should totally go do that! but you'll probably start complaining now that the costs involved with driving down to an orchard, climbing over a dirty fence and the laundry costs for that, the hospital bills you'll be paying when mr. orchard farmer shoots you in the leg. Some people, I dunno, they just will find anything to complain about. Reservoirs, pumps etc as you put it, are paid for by previous years of taxes. their maintaince does not need another levy, unless you can show me the figures required? Everyone has to use water, its basic biology 1st year stuff man.
nietzy wrote: » Reservoirs, pumps etc as you put it, are paid for by previous years of taxes. their maintaince does not need another levy, unless you can show me the figures required? Everyone has to use water, its basic biology 1st year stuff man.
GreeBo wrote: » Fixing the system costs money, which we dont have. Charging for the service is the logical way to improve it.
amacachi wrote: » I don't think that he was suggesting robbing apples but growing them oneself. If it works out cheaper (including time spent) then some people would do it. The amount of money that has to have been spent in this area in the last 15 or so years has to be astronomical, new pumping station and new sewage treatment plant for a town of ~30,000. And the water has to travel from about 25km away. It's a huge operation and it can't be cheap.
Irish Times wrote: The cost of installing the meters in individual homes will vary with location, nature and size of the dwelling. According to the latest estimates, the cost for each home will be €200-€580.
GreeBo wrote: » Fixing the system costs money, which we dont have.Charging for the service is the logical way to improve it.
kwalshe wrote: » That'll be me getting some rainwater storage tanks to flush the jacks so. Think about the amount of water you use every day on this. I'm not paying to flush the **** out of my house What the hell am I paying taxes for.? My water tastes like it even has more chlorine than my local pool. Paying for water.... idiots.
Thoie wrote: » To be fair, a lot of rural dwellers are also on mains water. Of a handful of truly rural dwellers that I'm thinking of, 1 is on their own water supply, 1 has mains to the house, and their own water for elsewhere and the rest (about another 8) are on mains water - though some of those aren't on mains sewerage.
CamperMan wrote: » so does this mean that because a small amount of people in Ireland have their own water supply it's tough luck... and that they should also pay water rates??
nietzy wrote: » It was meant to be ironic and i was referring to other peoples posts about apartment blocks being charged 1 standard rate average spilt for all residents.
ro09 wrote: » Did I hear something about water charges being introduced to every household. What a disgusting idea. The lowest of the low.
CamperMan wrote: » Like we all pay our road tax and what do we get.. sh!te roads full of potholes causing damage to our motors.... We pay for medical care and what do we get? sh!te medical care, hospitals closing down... We pay for schools and what do we get?? sh!te schools that are falling down... when you all start to pay for your water... I guarantee most of the money will be used to pay over inflated wages for the lazy muppets that will be "maintaining" the water system..and you will still be left with a sh!te water service.
T-rev wrote: » Good call by the govt on this one me thinks.
old boy wrote: » quite a few rural dwellers have meters installed, the council usually does the installation, one has so many free units, when one exceeds this amount one pays, in co tipperary for instance one is charged in excess of 50 euro for having an outside tap, regardless if it is used or not, a relative of mine aged 90 years living alone has a bill of 135 euro, which i payed for him recently. quite a number of rural dwellers are members of what are called group schemes, a commitee runs the scheme, everyone contributes a set amount, the water needs to be pumped from the scource to the resivour, it requires cleaning filtration, pipes break etc all this has to be paid for, the commitee always run these schemes on a volantary basis, a reserve fund is required for breakages etc, the co council oversees the quality of the water, thro regular testing, as all the above costs money while being volantery run, imagne the cost to town and city councils who have to pay ps to run the service, plus the esb bill, people wake up and smell the morning coffee, as our american cousins are so fond of quoting there is no such thing as a free lunch, everything requires payment eventually.
CamperMan wrote: » Like we all pay our road tax and what do we get..
