by admin | Mar 3, 2011 | News
The Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food confirm that the Dairy Equipment and the Rainwater Harvesting Schemes will open for applications on Tuesday 1 March 2011. Both schemes are provided for in Ireland’s Rural Development Programme and are intended to...
by admin | Jan 12, 2011 | Blog
Non-Domestic Water Metering Charges for water services differ between local authorities, depending on the cost of their capital (water services infrastructure) programmes, the cost of operating their treatment plants and the cost of administering the metering /billing...
by admin | Jan 10, 2011 | News
Local authorities have been ‘‘reluctant’’ to start costly water improvement projects due to constraints on their finances, ac cording to an internal government memo. Cork County Council went as far as to say that government approval for a multimillion euro water...
by admin | Jan 10, 2011 | Blog
New igloo-like structures are appearing in waste treatment facilities in the US as their water saving abilities help to extend the lifespan of the installations. The devices are an attempt to cope with areas where the local population has outgrown the sewage treatment...
by admin | Jan 8, 2011 | Blog, News
A year after our last water crisis, Ireland is struggling again with shortages and burst pipes. Yet not one kilometre of mains was replaced in Dublin in 2010. Only by spending heavily every year for a decade can we hope to fix our water infrastructure, writes FRANK...
