Water Meters--How will they charge us exactly??

Cantona's Collars · 10-01-2014 12:22AM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

You don't even know what the system is yet and you are calling it typically Irish. It might turn out to be typically European but as it happens there does not seem to be any typical system in Europe. Even when every other country has a long history of water charges unlike ourselves.

http://www.publicpolicy.ie/domestic-water-charges-in-europe/

The average price of water across many European Cities varies from €0.40 up to €5.75 per 1,000 litres. Within countries huge variation can be seen. In Sweden, for example, citizens in Malmo pay just €1.03 while those in Gothenberg pay €4.19 per 1000 litres.

Of the 65 western European cities reported on who charge for water (Dublin, Cork and Belfast being the only ones who do not) only one city (Glasgow) has a decreasing price structure, i.e. the more water you use the less you pay per litre. This can be thought of like a bulk buying discount. 20 cities (mainly located in Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy) have increasing pricing, so the more you use the more you pay per litre. The remaining 44 cities (Germany, France and UK) have linear charging schemes, so you pay the same price per litre regardless of how much you are using.

But only in Ireland will we be penalised if we don't use enough water.Wasn't part of the propaganda the notion that water conservation was at the heart of this scheme? So if we are conserving water it's gonna cost us more:rolleyes: But of course the guys running Irish Water will still have to be paid the big bucks & it's gotta come from somewhere.

I'm afraid you are defending the indefensible,most have said that they won't mind paying for a good service with good quality water but this revelation today is just taking the piss.

dxhound2005 · 10-01-2014 12:39AM

zerks wrote: »

But only in Ireland will we be penalised if we don't use enough water.Wasn't part of the propaganda the notion that water conservation was at the heart of this scheme? So if we are conserving water it's gonna cost us more:rolleyes: But of course the guys running Irish Water will still have to be paid the big bucks & it's gotta come from somewhere.

I'm afraid you are defending the indefensible,most have said that they won't mind paying for a good service with good quality water but this revelation today is just taking the piss.

I'm not defending anything. I don't know what the charging structure will be any more than you do.

It's good that people will be prepared to pay for a good service with good quality water. That is what the 30,000 people in Dundalk have and that is much more typical than the ones that have a poor service. In the 1970's Dundalk's water used to be cut off overnight for most of the summer due to increasing population and dependence on a century old resevoir which could not cope. A major scheme was put in place to bring water from Lough Muckno in Co Monaghan with much of the funding coming from EU sources, over IR£90 million from memory. And later on a brand new waste water treatment plant was built again costing many millions.

Water Meters--How will they charge us exactly??

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