The price of water

Sir , – The win-win nature of the finances of water utilities generally was highlighted in Jennifer O'Connell's article ("In California, we pay more for water than for petrol", April 13th) when she writes that "householders in my area, Santa Clara County, have become so canny at saving water that the water provider decided it needed to raise rates to stay in business". That would never happen with Irish Water , surely? – Yours, etc,

JE SCULLY,

Tallaght,

Dublin 24.