Water solution is still the €8bn conundrum

A clean and safe water supply is vital for our economic prosperity, writes Jim Power.

A couple of years ago, I based an Irish Examiner column on the experience I had driving through California in the midst of a frightening drought.

This experience brought home to me just how important water is as a commodity and put in context the rubbish that was being spouted by much of the anti-water charge campaign in this country.