This article is from page 1 of the 2014-11-04 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 1 JPG
IRISH WATER has doubled the charge for treated water in Clare since taking over the utility provision from Clare County Council.
The charge of € 2.44 per cubic metre of water set by Irish Water is a massive 49.1 per cent higher than the € 1.20 charged by the local authority for the same water, which runs through the same pipes and from the same source. A close examination of the water charge f gures also shows that Clare County Council proved better value for money when it came to disposing of waste water with its cost set at € 1.65 per cubic metre, as opposed to Irish Water’s charge of € 2.44. On Saturday, as water fell freely from the sky, almost 2,000 people marched against the water charges in Shannon and Ennis.