Sir, – Any article justifying the need for water charges usually begins with a phrase like “water is a precious resource and we need to conserve it”. The fact is that Ireland is not short of water. The problem we face is the inefficiency of the water processing system.
It is difficult to understand how the setting up of a “profit-making” company paying large salaries and with the legal right to raise prices, if necessary, will improve the position. Instead of paying out more money, which will tend to encourage a continuation of the inefficiencies, we should be reducing the financial input in order to force a streamlining of the system. In other words, it is our civic duty to reject water charges. – Yours, etc,
DAVE ROBBIE,
Seafield Crescent,
Booterstown,
Co Dublin.