Councils should look closer to home for water leaks

IN response to Kathy Sinnott’s letter on water charges (August 31), I’d like to give an example at the business I work for.

There are two of us in the office. We use water for tea, washing up and flushing the toilet – about 42 litres a day on average. That would work out at €20 of water plus €260 for the “supply charge”.

The local authority had a meter installed about two years ago, but only started charging last year. We got three bills from the local authority late last year.