Water

A Hole in the Bucket

May 30, 2006
Water

In a recent article in The Sunday Times called Water, Water Everywhere, but not a drop to drink, Richard Oakley and Enda Leahy outline how, despite being one of the wettest countries in the world outside the tropics, and despite May 2006 being one of the wettest on record, Ireland faces a water shortage. Their solution is to charge for water. Well, water has been privatised in the UK, and …Read more