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Burt homes left without
water
10.04.08
FAULTY pipes are
continuing to leave hundreds of householders in the
Burt and Killea areas without a water supply.
Inishowen Councillor Pádraig MacLochlainn made
representations to Donegal County Council engineers
this week about the ongoing disruption to the water
supply and called on them to replace the faulty
pipes as a matter of urgency.
The Sinn Féin councillor questioned how the local
authority could justify enforcing directives on
water rates, while at the same time not replacing
some of the "antiquated or inadequate water pipe
infrastructure" in areas like Burt.
"On three occasions in recent times, hundreds of
householders in Burt and Killea have found
themselves without the precious resource of water,"
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"I understand that the
source of the problem is repeated pipe bursts. The
solution is clear. They need to be replaced. What is
the point in enforcing European laws that preach to
business people, farmers, community groups and
schools about the need to pay for the full cost of
water provision while up to 40% of our county's
water supply is lost every year thanks to water
bursts like those in Burt."
The Buncrana-based town and county councillor said
it was "high time" councillors collectively made a
stand on the issue.
"If the Council executive are telling us they
haven't been given the money to do this from the
Government, then how can the Government ask us to
apply the directive they negotiated with the
European Commission on water rates? The public are
not fools. They want to see value for money," he
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