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The Fear?? or Apathy?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Ok so this topic will probably go down like a lead balloon but here goes.
I realise this site is for entertainment purposes and an escape from reality...BUT..on the eve of water bills being introduced here, nobody seems to have mentioned it!
Why is this? There are people here from all walks of life and surely it means something to you? I mean lets just look at it from a personal hygiene aspect. Will it be a quick shower or a spongedown for your meet?
And without any personal information being given out...what are your plans to deal with these charges? Or are you not paying? Over to you guys, and please keep on topic!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm not fighting it, just going to pay it, the water has to be filtered and treated so I can see why the charges are being brought in, although I've no idea what the rates are yet! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I'm not fighting it, just going to pay it, the water has to be filtered and treated so I can see why the charges are being brought in, although I've no idea what the rates are yet!"
I think the rates were posted earlier today Lolli. Thanks for replying. |
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By *j47Man
over a year ago
limerick |
I have being paying for my water for years had to pay for the well, pump, maintaince and running costs nothing for nothing in this life but where are the profits going to go from this new charge and since this service has being paid for by our taxes for the years up to this where is the reduction |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Its crazy paying for water that u cant drink when it so full off lime what aload off silly bollox more families now will be strugling when are the rich going to be hammerd for a change its an unfair bill. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I have being paying for my water for years had to pay for the well, pump, maintaince and running costs nothing for nothing in this life but where are the profits going to go from this new charge and since this service has being paid for by our taxes for the years up to this where is the reduction "
Have you a well cj? And does this not free you from the water charge? I thought I read that somewhere?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You got to pay for your waste water if you dont have a septic tank ..the over flow of which goes into the local water supply contaminating it in many places. . but the water coming into the home is not being charged to the 22k in co roscommon who havnt been able to drink the water from their taps for years..and this is 2014 |
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By *j47Man
over a year ago
limerick |
"I have being paying for my water for years had to pay for the well, pump, maintaince and running costs nothing for nothing in this life but where are the profits going to go from this new charge and since this service has being paid for by our taxes for the years up to this where is the reduction
Have you a well cj? And does this not free you from the water charge? I thought I read that somewhere? "
Yes that's true belle but up to now my taxes have played for water supply to those on mains (not private schemes) so my question is as we played taxes that provided this service where is the rebate now that its a chargeable service. I much prefer to pay a water rate as it would be cheaper than my present supply |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"If u have to boil the water theres no charge  "
They havent done my house yet. So my water is drinkable...I think! Thats another debate in itself lol! Thanks for that tho. |
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By *razy-CplCouple
over a year ago
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its going to be €4.88 per 1000 liters of water is what i heard on the radio today but if u have kids there are allowances , they reckon it would be around €50 or a little over a month for a family of of 2 adults and 2 kids including kids allowances
mrs crazy |
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By *j47Man
over a year ago
limerick |
"You got to pay for your waste water if you dont have a septic tank ..the over flow of which goes into the local water supply contaminating it in many places. . but the water coming into the home is not being charged to the 22k in co roscommon who havnt been able to drink the water from their taps for years..and this is 2014"
That's another battle altogether I applied for planning permission for a dwelling house, septic tank and entrance, the council granted this and issued me with instructions as to how the tank was built and the water filtered out but yet I had to pay to register it when all they had to do is look at their own records lazy shites |
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"its going to be €4.88 per 1000 liters of water is what i heard on the radio today but if u have kids there are allowances , they reckon it would be around €50 or a little over a month for a family of of 2 adults and 2 kids including kids allowances
mrs crazy "
wow! ! That's wild. ..  |
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By *j47Man
over a year ago
limerick |
"I don't think we are paying 4 d water. We are paying for treatment of water and maintenance of pipes and equipment. It's only fair "
We are already paying for it where do u think the council get their budget from |
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By *avie tCouple
over a year ago
otherside of nowhere |
"You got to pay for your waste water if you dont have a septic tank ..the over flow of which goes into the local water supply contaminating it in many places. . but the water coming into the home is not being charged to the 22k in co roscommon who havnt been able to drink the water from their taps for years..and this is 2014
That's another battle altogether I applied for planning permission for a dwelling house, septic tank and entrance, the council granted this and issued me with instructions as to how the tank was built and the water filtered out but yet I had to pay to register it when all they had to do is look at their own records lazy shites "
Same here....our own well so no water charges....but well goes dry,pump goes or any other mishap and we pay...much rather be on the mains but we had no choice and yes had to pay the council to register the tank |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I don't think we are paying 4 d water. We are paying for treatment of water and maintenance of pipes and equipment. It's only fair
We are already paying for it where do u think the council get their budget from"
This is the biggie, the real issue, but I urge anyone whos unsure about this to go online. The facts are there. |
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By *j47Man
over a year ago
limerick |
The facts can be presented any way they please we played for these services for years along with waste collection now we have a separate charge so where is the reduction in expenditure going its wasted like so much of our tax euros. In the private sector if a job no longer exists there are redundices over the years this has not being the case from the top down people are moved from pillar to post how many water workers moved from the councils to this new company and are excess to requirements that we continue to pay. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't understand why people are taking it so badly (and I don't mean people here). Why shouldn't we pay for it?
Especially when a lot of people don't mind buying massive quantities of bottled water  |
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"I don't understand why people are taking it so badly (and I don't mean people here). Why shouldn't we pay for it?
Especially when a lot of people don't mind buying massive quantities of bottled water "
Wow, some really insightful answers here, especially yours Temptress. I always thought that here in Ireland one of the most environmentally unfriendly things to do was to buy imported water. Think of costs and emissions it takes to move that bottle of water from Europe over to this island, when all the time we have it free on tap. To ad to it, here in Dublin, the tap water actually tastes really delicious.
I'm all on for the water rates, makes perfect sense to me, its a great initiative, the only shame is that when things where good back a few years back, when our leaders where giving us 25% on our SSA savings accounts, the rate wasn't introduced then, no one would have blinked in the boom and they negative feelings some people are feeling now might have been avoided. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I don't understand why people are taking it so badly (and I don't mean people here). Why shouldn't we pay for it?
Especially when a lot of people don't mind buying massive quantities of bottled water
Wow, some really insightful answers here, especially yours Temptress. I always thought that here in Ireland one of the most environmentally unfriendly things to do was to buy imported water. Think of costs and emissions it takes to move that bottle of water from Europe over to this island, when all the time we have it free on tap. To ad to it, here in Dublin, the tap water actually tastes really delicious.
I'm all on for the water rates, makes perfect sense to me, its a great initiative, the only shame is that when things where good back a few years back, when our leaders where giving us 25% on our SSA savings accounts, the rate wasn't introduced then, no one would have blinked in the boom and they negative feelings some people are feeling now might have been avoided. "
Sorry I don't get what you're saying in relation to my point |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Sure a high percentage of water is wasted from leaks and a decrepit ancient sub standard pipe systems ... in the boom this should have been updated .. charging for a wasteful substandard water system really seems ridiculous.. but what do I know |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I don't understand why people are taking it so badly (and I don't mean people here). Why shouldn't we pay for it?
Especially when a lot of people don't mind buying massive quantities of bottled water "
I wouldn't buy bottled water except where I come from the water tastes disgusting!!!
I wonder will it improve when I have to pay for it? |
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"I don't understand why people are taking it so badly (and I don't mean people here). Why shouldn't we pay for it?
Especially when a lot of people don't mind buying massive quantities of bottled water "
I would suggest that a lot of people are taking it badly because they are financially stretched at the moment with reduced income and extra taxes such as property tax, usc, and this water tax, as well as rising rents which are hitting a lot of people. |
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"Sorry I don't get what you're saying in relation to my point "
Oh don't mind me, I had no idea where you where located when I started spilling my guts!
I thought I was agreeing with you on the ill considered concept of buying imported bottled water, when you have acceptable quality tap water.
But, I see now your in Galway, and as I understand it your tap water is not so great all the time.
I'm in Dublin, tap water here is perfect, and tasty.
So disregard my comparison!
Nothing to see here citizens, move along.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Sorry I don't get what you're saying in relation to my point
Oh don't mind me, I had no idea where you where located when I started spilling my guts!
I thought I was agreeing with you on the ill considered concept of buying imported bottled water, when you have acceptable quality tap water.
But, I see now your in Galway, and as I understand it your tap water is not so great all the time.
I'm in Dublin, tap water here is perfect, and tasty.
So disregard my comparison!
Nothing to see here citizens, move along...."
Sorry I was confused. Thought you were disagreeing with me. I also don't agree with the environmental concerns in relation to bottled water.
Where I live in Galway the water has always been perfect.
After the cryptosporidium outbreak a family member has refused to drink the tap water and buys bottled water even though the tap water is perfectly fine
Personally I think the amount of bottled water purchased by people with perfectly good tap water is stupid |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Dear Southerners
It has constantly been a disappointment to me, that you, who fought off the might of the British Empire, have so impotently sat back and let The Man completely shaft ye's all.
Property charges, water charges, exhorbitant road tax, cost of living that's off the scale, ghost estates while people - families even - are made homeless...you haven't even managed to jail a sizeable number of the people responsible.
Now while I realise that we in the North - or rather just over 51% of us who could be arsed and I'm not one of them - have continually voted in a shower of sectarian idiots with barely an A level between them, I've never understood how you folks allowed yourselves to be so thoroughly fucked in the ass.
Go on and do something about it, so that we might get a hint of people power and burn down Stormont with all of them still locked inside.
Please.
Where'd your fighting spirit go...?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"....but anyway...getting back to your water charges...."
Your diversion is excused on account of your evident care for your fellow humans. Just dont get caught with the matches lol |
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