EU water warning - Dodging our obligations

IT becomes painfully obvious each and every day what the loss of economic independence means.

It matters not that we arrived at this point because we mismanaged our economy terribly, it is a bitter pill to swallow.

Yesterday the EU fired another shot across our bows, warning that proposals on charging for water are inadequate. Court action looms unless we reconsider how industry, business and farmers pay for water.

We have a pathetic record in this area. We dodged the nitrates directive for a decade and, despite a decade to get our house in order, don’t protect bogs properly.

Why do we have to be badgered to protect a vital resource like water properly? What does it say about us that we continually ignore our responsibilities in this area and pretend that there are no consequences to polluting or wasting water?